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Walking Liberty half dollar

Below are the mintage figures for the United States half dollar up to 1963, before the Kennedy half dollar design was introduced. For those, see:

Main article: Kennedy half dollar mintage figures

The following mint marks indicate which mint the coin was made at (parentheses indicate a lack of a mint mark):

P = Philadelphia Mint

D = Denver Mint

S = San Francisco Mint

W = West Point Mint

O = New Orleans Mint

CC = Carson City Mint

Flowing Hair half dollar

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Small eagle reverse, 1796 (Silver)
Year Mint Mintage[1] Comments
1794 (P) 23,464
1795 (P) 299,680

Draped Bust half dollars

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Main article: Draped Bust

Small eagle reverse

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Small eagle reverse, 1796-1797 (Silver)
Year Mint Mintage[2] Comments
1796 (P) 3,918 There are 15- and 16-star varieties.
1797 (P) (unknown)

Heraldic eagle reverse

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Heraldic eagle reverse, 1801–1807 (Silver)
Year Mint Mintage[3] Comments
1801 (P) 30,289
1802 (P) 29,890
1803 (P) 188,234
1804 n/a 0 None struck.
1805 (P) 211,722
1806 (P) 839,576 Varieties include knobbed/pointed 6, 6 over 5, large/small stars, stem through/not through claw, and E over A in "States".
1807 (P) 301,076

Capped Bust half dollar

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Main article: Capped Bust

Lettered Edge

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Lettered Edge, 1807–1836 (Silver)
Year Mint Mintage[4] Comments
1807 (P) 750,500 Small/large stars, 50 over 20, and Bearded Liberty varieties.
1808 (P) 1,368,600
1809 (P) 1,405,810
1810 (P) 1,276,276
1811 (P) 1,203,644
1812 (P) 1,628,059
1813 (P) 1,241,903
1814 (P) 1,039,075
1815 (P) 47,150 5 over 2.
1816 n/a 0 None struck.
1817 (P) 1,215,564
1818 (P) 1,960,322
1819 (P) 2,208,000
1820 (P) 751,122 Varieties include 20 over 19, square/curl base 2, large/small date.
1821 (P) 1,305,797
1822 (P) 1,559,573
1823 (P) 1,694,200
1824 (P) 3,504,954
1825 (P) 2,943,166
1826 (P) 4,004,180
1827 (P) 5,493,400
1828 (P) 3,075,200 Curled/square base 2, large/small letters, large/small 8s.
1829 (P) 3,712,156
1830 (P) 4,764,800
1831 (P) 5,873,660
1832 (P) 4,797,000
1833 (P) 5,206,000
1834 (P) 6,412,004
1835 (P) 5,352,006
1836 (P) 6,545,000

Reeded Edge

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"50 Cents" on Reverse

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Reeded Edge "50 Cents", 1836–1837 (Silver)
Year Mint Mintage[4] Comments
1836 (P) 1,200
1837 (P) 3,629,820

"Half Dol." on Reverse

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Reeded Edge "Half Dol.", 1838–1839 (Silver)
Year Mint Mintage[4] Comments
1838 (P) 3,546,000
O 20 First year New Orleans produced the half dollar.
1839 (P) 1,392,976
O 116,000

Seated Liberty half dollar

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Main article: United States Seated Liberty coinage

No motto

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No motto, arrows, or rays, 1839–1853 (Silver)
Year Mint Mintage[5] Comments
1839 (P) 100,000[6] No drapery from elbow.
(P) 1,972,400 Drapery from elbow.
1840 (P) 1,435,008
O 855,100
1841 (P) 310,000
O 401,000
1842 (P) 2,012,764
O 203,000 Small date, small letters variety.
O 754,000 Medium date, large letters variety.
1843 (P) 3,844,000
O 2,268,000
1844 (P) 1,766,000
O 2,005,000
1845 (P) 589,000
O 2,094,000
1846 (P) 2,210,000
O 2,304,000 Medium and tall dates.
1847 (P) 1,156,000
O 2,584,000
1848 (P) 580,000
O 3,180,000
1849 (P) 1,252,000
O 2,310,000
1850 (P) 227,000
O 2,456,000
1851 (P) 200,750
O 402,000
1852 (P) 77,130
O 144,000
1853 O 4 No arrows, no rays. Only four known to exist.[7]

Arrows and rays, no motto

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Arrows and rays, no motto, 1853 (Silver)
Year Mint Mintage[8] Comments
1853 (P) 3,532,708 Arrows at date; rays on reverse.
O 1,328,000 Arrows at date; rays on reverse.

Arrows, no rays or motto

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Arrows, no rays or motto, 1854–1855 (Silver)
Year Mint Mintage[9] Comments
1854 (P) 2,982,000
O 5,240,000
1855 (P) 759,500
O 2,688,000
S 129,950 First year San Francisco produced the half dollar.

No motto, arrows, or rays

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No motto, arrows, or rays, 1856–1866 (Silver)
Year Mint Mintage[10] Comments
1856 (P) 938,000
O 2,658,000
S 211,000
1857 (P) 1,988,000
O 818,000
S 158,000
1858 (P) 4,226,000
O 7,294,000
S 476,000
1859 (P) 747,200
O 2,834,000
S 566,000
1860 (P) 302,700
O 1,290,000
S 472,000
1861 (P) 2,888,400
O 2,532,633
S 939,500
1862 (P) 253,550
S 1,352,000
1863 (P) 503,660
S 916,000
1864 (P) 379,570
S 658,000
1865 (P) 511,900
S 675,000
1866 S 60,000

Motto, no arrows

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Motto above eagle, no arrows, 1866–1873 (Silver)
Year Mint Mintage[11] Comments
1866 (P) 745,625
S 994,000
1867 (P) 449,925
S 1,196,000
1868 (P) 418,200
S 1,160,000
1869 (P) 795,900
S 656,000
1870 (P) 634,900
S 1,004,000
CC 54,617 First year Carson City produced the half dollar.
1871 (P) 1,204,560
S 2,178,000
CC 153,950
1872 (P) 881,550
S 580,000
CC 257,000
1873 (P) 587,000 Closed 3.
(P) 214,200 Open 3.
S 5,000 None are known to currently exist; they were most likely melted down.[12]
CC 122,500

Motto and arrows

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Motto and arrows at date, 1873–1874 (Silver)
Year Mint Mintage[13] Comments
1873 (P) 1,815,700
S 228,000
CC 214,560
1874 (P) 2,360,300
S 394,000
CC 59,000

Motto, no arrows

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Motto above eagle, no arrows, 1875–1891 (Silver)
Year Mint Mintage[14] Comments
1875 (P) 6,027,500
S 3,200,000
CC 1,008,000
1876 (P) 8,419,150
S 4,528,000
CC 1,956,000
1877 (P) 8,304,510
S 5,356,000
CC 1,420,000
1878 (P) 1,378,400
S 12,000
CC 62,000
1879 (P) 4,800[15] or 5,900[16]
1880 (P) 8,400[17] or 9,755[18]
1881 (P) 10,000[19] or 10,975[20]
1882 (P) 4,400[21] or 5,500[22]
1883 (P) 8,000[23] or 9,039[24]
1884 (P) 4,400[25] or 5,275[26]
1885 (P) 5,200[27] or 6,130[28]
1886 (P) 5,000[29] or 5,886[30]
1887 (P) 5,000[31] or 5,710[32]
1888 (P) 12,000[33] or 12,833[34]
1889 (P) 12,000[35] or 12,711[36]
1890 (P) 12,000[37] or 12,590[38]
1891 (P) 200,000[39] or 200,600[40]

Barber half dollar

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Main article: Barber coinage
Barber half dollar, 1892–1915 (Silver)
Year Mint Mintage[41] Comments
1892 (P) 935,245
O 390,000 Includes Micro-O variety.[42]
S 1,029,028
1893 (P) 1,826,792
O 1,389,000
S 740,000
1894 (P) 1,148,972
O 2,138,000
S 4,048,690
1895 (P) 1,835,218
O 1,766,000
S 1,108,086
1896 (P) 950,762
O 924,000
S 1,140,948
1897 (P) 2,480,731
O 632,000
S 933,900
1898 (P) 2,945,735
O 874,000
S 2,358,550
1899 (P) 5,538,846
O 1,724,000
S 1,686,411
1900 (P) 4,762,912
O 2,744,000
S 2,560,322
1901 (P) 4,268,813
O 1,124,000
S 847,044
1902 (P) 4,922,777
O 2,526,000
S 1,460,670
1903 (P) 2,278,755
O 2,100,000
S 1,920,772
1904 (P) 2,992,670
O 1,117,600
S 553,038
1905 (P) 662,727
O 505,000
S 2,494,000
1906 (P) 2,638,675
O 2,446,000
S 1,740,154
D 4,028,000 First year Denver produced the half dollar.
1907 (P) 2,598,575
O 3,946,000
S 1,250,000
D 3,856,000
1908 (P) 1,354,545
O 5,360,000
S 1,644,828
D 3,280,000
1909 (P) 2,368,650
O 925,400 Final year New Orleans produced the half dollar.
S 1,764,000
1910 (P) 418,551
S 1,948,000
1911 (P) 1,406,543
S 1,272,000
D 695,080
1912 (P) 1,550,700
S 1,370,000
D 2,300,800
1913 (P) 188,624
S 604,000
D 534,000
1914 (P) 124,610
S 992,000
1915 (P) 138,450
S 1,604,000
D 1,170,400

Walking Liberty half dollar

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Main article: Walking Liberty half dollar

Type 1

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Mint mark on obverse, 1916–1917 (Silver)
Year Mint Mintage[43] Comments
1916 (P) 608,000
S 508,000
D 1,014,400
1917 (P) 0 No half dollars with an obverse mint mark (Type 1) were struck in Philadelphia this year. However, many were struck with the mint mark on the reverse (Type 2; see below).
S 952,000
D 765,400

Type 2

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Mint mark on reverse, 1917–1947 (Silver)
Year Mint Mintage[44] Comments
1917 (P) 12,292,000
S 5,554,000
D 1,940,000
1918 (P) 6,634,000
S 10,282,000
D 3,853,040
1919 (P) 962,000
S 1,552,000
D 1,165,000
1920 (P) 6,372,000
S 4,624,000
D 1,551,000
1921 (P) 246,000
S 548,000
D 208,000
1923 S 2,178,000
1927 S 2,392,000
1928 S 1,940,000
1929 S 1,902,000
D 1,001,200
1933 S 1,786,000
1934 (P) 6,964,000
S 3,652,000
D 2,361,400
1935 (P) 9,162,000
S 3,854,000
D 3,003,800
1936 (P) 12,617,901
S 3,884,000
D 4,252,400
1937 (P) 9,527,728
S 2,090,000
D 1,676,000
1938 (P) 4,118,152
D 491,600
1939 (P) 6,820,808
S 2,552,000
D 4,267,800
1940 (P) 9,167,279
S 4,550,000
1941 (P) 24,207,412
S 8,098,000
D 11,248,400
1942 (P) 47,839,120
S 12,708,000
D 10,973,800
1943 (P) 53,190,000
S 13,450,000
D 11,346,000
1944 (P) 28,206,000
S 8,904,000
D 9,769,000
1945 (P) 31,502,000
S 10,156,000
D 9,966,800
1946 (P) 12,118,000
S 3,724,000
D 2,151,000
1947 (P) 4,094,000
D 3,900,600

Franklin half dollars

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Main article: Franklin half dollar
Franklin half dollars, 1948-1963 (Silver)
Year Mint Mintage[45] Comments
1948 (P) 3,006,814
D 4,028,600
1949 (P) 5,614,000
S 3,744,000
D 4,120,600
1950 (P) 7,793,509
D 8,031,600
1951 (P) 16,859,602
S 13,696,000
D 9,475,200
1952 (P) 21,274,073
S 5,526,000
D 25,395,600
1953 (P) 2,796,920
S 4,148,000
D 20,900,400
1954 (P) 13,421,503
S 4,993,400
D 25,445,580
1955 (P) 2,876,381
1956 (P) 4,701,384
1957 (P) 6,361,952
D 19,966,850
1958 (P) 4,917,652
D 23,962,412
1959 (P) 7,349,291
D 13,053,750
1960 (P) 7,715,602
D 18,215,812
1961 (P) 11,318,244 Includes doubled-die reverse.
D 20,276,442
1962 (P) 12,932,019
D 35,473,281
1963 (P) 25,239,645
D 67,069,292

Kennedy half dollar mintages

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Main article: Kennedy half dollar mintage figures

See also

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References

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  2. ^ "Draped Bust Half Dollars - USA Coin Book". USA Coin Book. Retrieved 2024-11-22.
  3. ^ "Draped Bust Half Dollars - USA Coin Book". USA Coin Book. Retrieved 2024-11-22.
  4. ^ a b c "Capped Bust Half Dollar Mintages - USA Coin Book". USA Coin Book. Retrieved 2024-11-22.
  5. ^ "Seated Liberty Half Dollar Mintages - USA Coin Book". USA Coin Book. Retrieved 2024-11-22.
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  30. ^ "1886-P Seated Liberty Half Dollar - USA Coin Book". USA Coin Book. Retrieved 2024-11-22.
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  38. ^ "1890-P Seated Liberty Half Dollar - USA Coin Book". USA Coin Book. Retrieved 2024-11-22.
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  41. ^ "Barber Half Dollar Mintages - USA Coin Book". USA Coin Book. Retrieved 2024-11-22.
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