50 Cents, United States, 1917
date: label: date made
content: 1917
name: label: mint
content: U.S. Mint, Denver
label: designer
content: Weinman, Adolph A.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: One (1) 50 cent coin
label: Description (Brief)
content: United States, 1917
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Image: Liberty walking toward a rising sun. Her right arm is outstretched, and she carries laurel and oak branches in her left.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Text: LIBERTY / IN GOD WE TRUST / 1917
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Image: Eagle perched on a mountain crag, wings spread.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Text: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / E PLURIBUS UNUM / HALF DOLLAR / D
label: Description
content: Adolph Weinman, a former student of Augustus Saint-Gaudens, introduced the “Walking Liberty” half dollar design in 1916. It proved highly successful, and would remain in use until 1947. Thirty-eight years later, in 1986, Weinman’s Walking Liberty obverse was revived for use on $1 Silver Eagle coins. Its continued use in that capacity has made it one of the longest-lasting American coin designs.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
label: place of issue
content: United States
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content: Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: U.S. Department of the Treasury, U.S. Mint
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1985.0441.1427
label: catalog number
content: 1985.0441.1427
label: accession number
content: 1985.0441
objectType: label: Object Name
content: coin
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silver (overall metal)
label: Physical Description
content: 0 (overall die axis)
label: Physical Description
content: 0 (overall die axis measurement)
label: Physical Description
content: struck (overall production method)
label: Measurements
content: overall: .2 cm x 3 cm; 3/32 in x 1 3/16 in