1936-S 50C Walking Liberty Half Dollar PCGS MS66 (CAC)

This coin is presently on its way back from CAC. The obverse image featuring the green sticker will be updated then.

Here’s a stunning example of Adolph Weinman’s masterwork, the Walking Liberty half dollar. PCGS has graded 424 of the 1936-S as MS66 with 107 finer. Collector’s Universe prices this issue at $1,600.00 in MS66. In CAC, there are 123 in MS66 with 13 finer. CAC gives this issue a price of $1,600.00 in MS66.

David Hall writes, “The 1936-S is scarce in mint state and Gem condition and somewhat underrated. While not as rare as the S-Mints that proceed it, this issue is rarer than all the S-Mints that follow including the somewhat more highly regarded 1937-S. Strike is usually decent on this issue and frosty white luster is prevalent.”

A bas-relief portrait of Adolph A. Weinman by Anthony de Francisci, 1915. Weinman crafted the beautiful design of the Walking Liberty half dollar. Photo: Wikimedia Commons.