Coin Highlights
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Issuer: United States of America
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Date: 1939
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Mint: Denver (D)
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Denomination: Fifty Cents (Half Dollar)
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Composition: 90% silver, 10% copper
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Weight: 12.5 g
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Diameter: 30.6 mm
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Grade: NGCX MS 9.3 ≈ MS63 (Choice Uncirculated)
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Holder: Funbox 2024 NGCX presentation
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Obverse Design: Liberty striding toward the sunrise, draped in the American flag, with branches of laurel and oak in her arm (Adolph A. Weinman).
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Reverse Design: A bald eagle perched on a mountain pine branch, wings partially spread.
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Edge: Reeded
Historical Significance
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The Walking Liberty Half Dollar series (1916–1947) is regarded as one of the most beautiful designs in U.S. coinage and later inspired the American Silver Eagle bullion program (1986–present).
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The 1939-D issue was struck in the early World War II era, with a mintage of 4,267,800 coins.
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Denver Mint Walkers from the late 1930s are collected both as type coins and as part of full-date/mintmark sets.
G-4 Good- Scant Rim. LIBERTY on shield worn off. Date and letters legible.
VG-8 Very Good- Rim fairly defined. Some letter in LIBERTY evident.
F-12 Fine– LIBERTY complete, but weak.
VF– Very Fine– LIBERTY mostly sharp.
EF-20 Extremely Fine- LIBERTY entirely sharp. Scroll edges and clasp distinct.
AU-50 About Uncirculated- Slight trace of wear on Liberty’s breast and knees, and on eagle’s head, claws, and wing tops.
MS-60 Uncirculated- No Trace of wear. Light blemishes.
MS-63 Choice Uncirculated- Some distracting contact marks or blemishes in prim focal areas. Impaired luster possible.
