Walking Liberty Half Dollar

1917-S Walking Liberty Half Dollar. Reverse Mintmark. MS-64 (PCGS).

This is a generally untoned, satiny example with enhancing blushes of golden-russet peripheral toning on both sides. The conditionally challenged 1917-S Reverse Mintmark issue is a much rarer Walking Liberty issue in the finer Mint State grades than a mintage of 5.5 million pieces might imply. This is a second-year issue, which means that it benefited from neither the first-year status of the 1916-dated issues nor the more advanced numismatic activity of the 1940s, both of which resulted in greater numbers of Mint State coins being saved. Scarce at the present grade level, the present specimen is a desirable MS-64 that would make an impressive addition to an advanced collection.

PCGS# 6573. NGC ID: 24PU.

From the Collection of Silas Stanley Roberts, 1888-1966.

Estimate: 1250