Writing in the 2008 book Collecting & Investing Strategies for Walking Liberty Half Dollars, our own Jeff Ambio describes the 1946 Walking Liberty Half Dollar as, "an underrated issue" and "the rarest Walking Liberty half dollar struck in the Philadelphia Mint from 1941 to 1947." Of the 12,118,000 struck, less than 0.2% survive in Gem condition.

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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 $26,400.