is it possible that a 1921 Walking Liberty 50 cent has no mintmark?

YQQ

I have this 1921 half dollar coin and it has no mintmark. is this possible??
I can not find any suggestion that it has worn off.
have some been made without a mintmark back then?
thanks

PTVETTER

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looks OK

your question is odd.

maybe i am reading it wrong

AUandAG

No P's were used. If it was minted in Philadelphia there would be NO mintmark.





quite possible.



bob

BryceM

The majority of Walking Liberty Half Dollars do not have a mintmark.

YQQ

Great Guys,
Thank you so much for your help.
will be selling it..

the coin came to me in a small Canada Collection amongst some Canadian 50 cent pieces....
seriously I wish it was a 1921 Canadian 50 cent coin.
would be 20K and up in VG ( yes, $20,000 and up, not a typo)
ok, wishful thinking ..

Walkerguy21D

Hi Helmut - as others have pointed out, the 1921 walker exists in Plain, D, and S, from the three different US mints at that time.....so yours posted here would be the Philly (Plain) issue.
Still a desirable low mintage issue, though this coin has some unusual abrasion marks on it.

oreville

YQQ,



Indeed, the Canadian 1921 half is as close to being the holy grail of all of Canadian coinage.



That coin is on the top of my Canada bucket list after the three 1875-H specimen coins.

ricko

That WLH has been through some rough handling... still should sell well for an album coin.

Cheers, RickO

coindeuce

The Philadelphia Mint struck 246,000 Walking Liberty half dollars in 1921. They bear no mint mark. I believe the coin has the merits of Fine 15, although it is not possible for me to determine if it has not been cleaned from the images posted.

YQQ

tahnk you so much fellow, so much input and knowledge...I much appreciated as I have no idea about US coins.
Oreville , looks like you have some very high level hopes. Good luck on that, sincerely ( I did have a 1921 CAN 50 Ct... but sold it privatly. just way too much $$$ sitting in a drawer.
I looked at this 21 and came to my personal conclusion that the coin might have been cleaned at some time back.Probably just dipped.
which begs the question: which gives cause to a new subject I will post after.
this half will make VG 10, most likely F12 or if I get really lucky, perhaps as coindeuce said, F15.
It will not concern me too much as I will not have it graded and will sell it raw showing really good images.
Question is just where to sell it, offer it here at a set price?? But what should that price be?
or take it to Feebay, start at 99 cents and see where it settles?
what would u guys do?

CertifiedGoldCoins

Your coin may do OK on Fleabay, but (in case aren't aware) you cannot list a raw coin with a numerical grade in the title. You could list it here for free, first. I haven't collected WLHs in years, so can't price it. Good luck!

coindeuce

Your coin may have been brightened at some point with a solvent or even a surfactant (basic pH type detergent) and later wiped gently with a cloth, but it does not appear to have been abrasively cleaned. The prior remark made about Fine 15 stands - your coin should realize $200+ in the present market.

Walkerfan

That looks like deliberate wear (not honest wear) from scraping/sliding the coin along a hard abrasive surface repeatedly for a long period of time.



Damaged coin imho.

YQQ

Thank you all for your comments.
personally I do not believe that the coin has been subjected to a recent cleaning. Maybe some (long) time ago
have no idea what caused the abrasive marks. they are there. i purposely took the images so they are visible and a prospective buyer can not say that these could not be seen.
I have decided to offer it 4 sale in BST on this forum for a week or so and see where it goes.
Over to BST it goes.
thank again fellows.
H

WoodenJefferson

Just advertise it as 'Al Capone's Pocket Piece'

YQQ

one the bullets barely missed, lolololo