Walking Liberty Silver Half Dollar

Posted on: November 17, 2011

In 1915, United States Mint Director Robert W.Woolley invited three noted sculptors to design templates for three silver coins that would become the Mercury dime, the Standing Liberty quarter, and the Walking Liberty half-dollar (also referred to as “Liberty Walking”, or “Walker” for short). A. A. Weinman was awarded the designs for both the dime and the half-dollar. The coin’s obverse (front) depicts Lady Liberty cloaked in Old Glory walking towards a new day. She carries branches of laurel and oak in her arms. The motto “IN GOD WE TRUST” rests to the right of her calf.