Walking Liberty Halves

jag1022 · Feb 24, 2009

There is a pawn shop here that has 14 Walking Liberty Halves and 5 Franklin Halves for sale. They are asking 320 for them all. That works out to about 16.80 a piece. They are circulated and I don't think in my humble opinion that they are worthy of grading. What is the going rate for old silver like this? What would be a good offer?

l.cutler · Feb 24, 2009

Depends on the present price of silver, but I would guess about five or six dollars each if they are circulated common dates.

seger98 · Feb 24, 2009

10 times face or $5.00 each, maybe 10 1/2 times face as silver has moved up a bit! Any key dates like 1938 D?

Detectingfreak · Feb 24, 2009

my local coin shop is asking for $16.50 a piece for morgan dollars and peace dollars circulated. So idk if that is a good deal or not. I would assume walking liberty halfs would cost less then the morgans and peace dollars. But that is just what I think.

LabradorBob (Missouri) · Feb 24, 2009

i just bought three walking liberty halfs today at a pawn shop.
gave 7.00 each.
1918,1938,1942

jag1022 · Feb 25, 2009

I had figured paying about 11 times face value. They just want too much for them. Thanks everyone.

FCCDFEd · Feb 25, 2009

I just bought some 1/2 libs (13) and 1/2 Ben's (7) of e-pray and even with the shipping 20 coins cost me about $130 . No key date but most are spread out and only a couple of repeats.

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DigginThePast · Feb 25, 2009

jag1022 said:
I had figured paying about 11 times face value. They just want too much for them. Thanks everyone.

That would be a reasonable offer. I'd go back and make that offer if you want them. Pawn shops usually know the actual value of this sort of item, though often times they will put a high price on it in the hopes that a buyer won't know the true value. Just walk away if they don't want to play nice.