Walking Liberty Half Dollar 1938 BU

The 1938 Walking Liberty Half Dollar has an average mintage and is in the very coveted brilliant uncirculated condition. Brilliant uncirculated condition exhibits a strong shine with intricate detailing on the main image details. This coin was also minted by the Philadelphia Mint, the first mint to be established in the US, and doesn't place mint-marks on its coins. Founded when the US desperately needed an identity but also a means to international commerce, the Founding Fathers decided that a national mint was the answer. The Mint Act officially announced the opening of the Philadelphia Mint and also instituted guidelines for the newly minted currency. A dollar decimal system would be used to assign the currency with legal tender values. Also, an emblematic symbol of liberty must be included on US currency, hence why so many adaptations of Liberty have been used.

There are many coin collections with their own individual history, intriguing collectors through the ages. The Walking Liberty Half Dollar has gone down in history as one of the mist beautifully struck coins. Although it had a long production period from 1916-1947, the Walking Liberty's design was too complicated for the mint's die, causing the mint to continuously overproduce just to make sure enough correct coins were minted. In 1947, the public was underwhelmed with the new Franklin Half Dollar that replaced the Walking Liberty. Nowadays, serious collectors make the Walking Liberty Half Dollar a priority and try to collect as many BU versions as they can. Since the Walking Liberties are 90% silver, investors enjoy the more heavily circulated ones as a silver investment. Even though it's been one hundred years since it was first minted, the Walking Liberty Half Dollars are still being enjoyed, by all walks of life, today.

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• Year: 1938
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