The 1944-D Walking Liberty Half Dollar marks the beginning of a trend in decreasing yearly mintages for Denver Mint half dollars that would continue through the end of the Walking Liberty series in 1947. Just 9,769,000 pieces were struck for the 1944-D, and production would progress down to lows of 2.1 million in 1946 and 3.9 million to close out the series in 1947. Mint State survivors of the 1944-D, while plentiful in an absolute sense, are seldom found in certified grades above MS-66. In this context, it is impossible to overstate the significance of the Lulu Collection example in PCGS MS-68 that was previously sold by Stack's Bowers Galleries.

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The example to the left was sold by Stack's Bowers Galleries in June 2021 as part of the Lulu Collection, the #1 all-time finest PCGS Walking Liberty Half Dollar Short Set, where it realized $57,600.