I have been searching for some historical data on the discussion about the Walking-Standing Liberty half dollar. I haven't found any yet. Two reasons that interest me in this are : Whitman has a 1937-1947 Standing Liberty folder. They are listed on ebay as Standing Liberty.(They are Walkers) I asked a seller and he stated" Historians have long debated " this issue. I couldn't argue this point because I know nothing as yet. So HELP please. Thanks zeke
Both descriptions are used and [I assume] accepted. The early Whitman 3 page blue folders #9027 are titled "Liberty Standing Half Dollar". In the mid to late 1930s coin boards were popular. People filled holes from pocket change. Somewhere around 1937 and definately by 1938 Whitman began producing coin boards having purchased the rights to do so. I have some of the 1938 coin boards and have put a few into 11X14 picture frames. Whitman made them so that they would fit in a picture frame and could be hung up on the wall. However this was a bulky way to collect. Along about 1940 Whitman was into production of the blue 3 page folders as we know them. There isn't any picture of the coin on the cover. Some people are now collecting these early folders as unto themselves. I don't as most of them are worn, tattered and written in. The change to the folders made the storing and collecting of sets much more compact and less bulky. I suppose a pristine condition early folder is worth something. Then much later {circa 1968] Whitman came out with a new design. Still calling it #9027 the front cover was changed and now there is a picture of the coin in the lower left corner. But the *significant* change is that now it is titled "Liberty Walking Half Dollar". So hence the confusion and the use of two different terms.
Thanks that was great. I wonder why Whitman called them this? It sounds like a contradiction of terms. It must have gotten a start somewhere. Maybe because the designer was Adolph Weinman. Maybe he also presented a design that didn't win and had the name'' standing'' on it. This is just pure guessing on my part.
