Owner Comments:
Circulation strike mintage 9,156,000
Proof Mintage 11,279
This is a very common issue of Liberty Walking Half Dollar so finding a fairly nice example was easy. Proofs I've handled are well struck.
Cherrypicking an example with this degree of frosty white luster was not easy, but I hunted one down.
However, the numerous light contact marks, deeper pinpoint contact marks, and a patch of hairlines on the obverse surface probably was the reason this example was graded down to an MS-61.
In my limited experience, a well struck reverse is not enough to carry a poorer obverse which is a shame since the detail on this reverse is worthy of a MS-64 with only a few light scuff marks on the Eagle's breast and left leg.