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Melt value, today
Walking Liberty Half Dollar
$23.94
0.36169 oz silver × $66.19/oz silver spot
SPOT $66.19/oz silver · 2026-09-21
Every Walking Liberty half dollar (1916–1947) is 90% silver.
1929-S Walking Liberty Half
We listed this one at ~$70
1929-S, raw, graded VF-25 — priced from the coin itself, not a price guide.
Melt is the floor: what the metal alone is worth today. A coin's collector value can be higher (date, mint mark, condition). It is rarely lower.
Melt
$23.94
2026-09-21
Our listed price
$35.00
median of 15 sold/listed, 2026-08
Common-date retail
See the book
no vault of collector comps yet
A dealer's buy price sits under both melt and retail on purpose — that spread is the margin that keeps the doors open. Ours is listed openly instead.
What makes one worth more than melt
- 1921-D (about 208,000 minted) and 1921-P (about 246,000) are the two real keys of the series: low mintage, genuinely scarce.
- 1940s common dates trade at or near melt.
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Related series
Franklin Half Dollar1964 Kennedy Half Dollar (90% Silver)Barber Half DollarEisenhower 40% Silver Dollar (1971-1976 S-mint)
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