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Walking Liberty Half Dollar melt value

1916-1947 · 90.0% silver · 0.3617 troy ounces per coin

Series 1916-1947Weight 12.50 gFineness 90.0% silverSilver content 0.3617 ozt
Melt value now
$24.80
at silver $68.58/ozt · August 27, 2026

Adolph Weinman's design, later reused on the American Silver Eagle.

Value by quantity

Quantity Silver contentMelt value
1 coin0.3617 ozt$24.80
5 coins1.8085 ozt$124.02
10 coins3.6170 ozt$248.04
20 coins7.2339 ozt$496.07

A $100 face-value bag of these coins contains about 72.3 troy ounces of silver as minted, or 71.5 ounces by the circulated-market convention of 0.715 ozt per dollar of face value (dealers assume wear). At $68.58 silver that is $4,960.79 as minted, $4,903.18 circulated.

The math

12.50 g × 0.900 fine ÷ 31.1035 g/ozt = 0.3617 ozt × $68.58 = $24.80

If silver moves

Silver price Walking Liberty Half Dollar melt value
$61.72$22.32
$65.15$23.56
$68.58$24.80
$72.00$26.04
$75.43$27.28

Silver, the past ten years

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