Values
A 2026 half dollar’s market will depend on whether the coin is the ordinary issue or a privy-mark piece. This page is a series reference, not a price list.
The mintage chart has no G, VF, or MS-63 column filled in. The NGC US Coin Price Guide extract on file, retrieved 2026-08-21, does not include the Enduring Liberty half. Do not turn a museum presentation into a price.
If you are trying to sell one, start with how to sell a coin collection. The Kennedy half is the clad series this coin interrupted.
Key Dates
One year, and no bold row. The 9/11 privy is a special strike. This page will not call it a key until a publisher’s key list does.
Errors
The torch passing between hands is the reverse. It is not a doubled die because two hands appear.
Museum halves. Wikipedia says 2,983 pieces were struck at West Point and given to the National 9/11 Memorial and Museum. That is a presentation count. It is not a circulation mintage row.
Announced W-mint release. A September 2026 note says 250,000 halves with the West Point mint mark and the 9/11 privy were announced for circulation. An announcement is not the empty cell on the Mint production snapshot, so it is not a row here. Philadelphia pieces with a different 9/11 privy are mentioned without a count. This page will not invent that count.
Compare the coin to the NGC Coin Explorer half dollar pages. We do not host their plates. Kennedy is a different portrait.
Varieties
Enduring Liberty is one design: the Statue of Liberty, and hands passing a torch. The 9/11 privy is a special strike this page already describes. It is not a second portrait, and an announcement is not a count.
- Ordinary 2026 halfThe roll coin without a privy. The dual date is the anniversary mark.
- 9/11 privyA West Point piece with the privy, and a Philadelphia privy, are both mentioned in the production notes this page already uses. The circulating-production cell is still blank, so neither becomes a row.
Names follow PCGS CoinFacts and NGC, the same publishers this site already cites. This is a name list, not a price list and not a count.
Mintage
| Year | Mint | Mintage | G | VF | MS-63 |
|---|
Mintage: the note under this table names the page that printed each count. These figures are not an NGC Coin Explorer extract and they are not the 1974 Mint pamphlet.
Collector-standard year/mint presentation follows A Guide Book of United States Coins (the Red Book). These cells are Mint manufacture figures, not a Red Book net or melt.
Values: NGC US Coin Price Guide, retrieved 2026-08-21. Guide values, not offers. Not melt. NGC IDs link to the same publisher’s price-guide listing.
Key date names: PCGS CoinFacts (2026-08-21). Bold rows are only dates that publisher named.
The Wikipedia semiquincentennial coinage table cites the US Mint circulating-production page retrieved 3 September 2026. That snapshot is not a full year. Blank cells stay blank. Filled cells from that retrieval are not copied here. Special issues named in the article stay off this chart.
The chart is empty on purpose. The Wikipedia circulating table cites the US Mint production page retrieved 3 September 2026, and the half dollar cells are blank. The 9/11 presentation and the announced West Point release are special issues. They are not a substitute for the blank annual cells.
The grade columns stay empty because this site has no NGC guide extract for this coin.
Specifications
These are mint specs, not what a dealer pays. Wear can take a little weight off. We will not invent a tolerance, and we will not paste the Kennedy half planchet onto this coin.
| Specification | Figure |
|---|---|
| Diameter | Not printed |
| Thickness | Not printed |
| Weight | Not printed |
| Composition | Not printed on a cited catalog page |
| Edge | Not printed on a cited catalog page |
| Designer | Donna Weaver obverse; Beth Zaiken reverse |
No catalog page used for the 2026 half dollar prints a thickness. Diameter, weight, and thickness stay Not printed. The Kennedy half planchet is not copied onto this coin.
Grading
The 2026 half wears first on the statue’s face and on the fingers around the torch. Two hands are the reverse.
This is not a Kennedy half. A W mint mark is West Point, not a damaged Philadelphia coin.
Key Diagnostic Areas
| Area | What to examine | Why it matters |
|---|---|---|
| The statue | Liberty’s face, crown, and torch arm on the obverse. | Those high points flatten while the rim can still look sharp. |
| The passing torch | The fingers and the flame on the reverse. | Two hands are the design. They are not a doubled die. |
| Mint mark and privy | No mark, a W, or a 9/11 privy. | West Point pieces are special issues. The ordinary coin is not those. |
Circulated & Mint State
These cards describe this coin, not a second copy of the P-1 through MS-70 chart. The shared numbers live on the glossary.
See graded photos. The photos that show what VF looks like live at PCGS. We do not host their plates. NGC Coin Explorer is another look if you want a second set.
What each named grade looks like on this design.
Poor
Poor
A disk you can still call a 2026 half dollar if you already know the type.
- The statue’s face and the fingers on the torch are gone.
- The date may be a shadow. Do not scrape it.
- Shine does not make this a better coin.
AG
About Good
You might read a digit. The high points on this 2026 half dollar are already slick.
- The statue’s face and the fingers on the torch are worn to a blank patch.
- If you cannot read the date without hoping, stay here.
- A 2026 is still this grade if it is this worn.
Good
Good
The date is readable. The design is still mostly an outline.
- The statue’s face and the fingers on the torch are flat. The type is an outline, not a portrait.
- The rim should be full enough to hold the legend.
- This is a worn coin, not a details story.
VG
Very Good
The date is clear. A little life returns away from the high points.
- Some leftover detail sits away from the statue’s face and the fingers on the torch.
- The high points are still tired.
- Do not clean the date to “see it better.”
Fine
Fine
You can follow the design. The high points are outlined, not sharp.
- The statue’s face and the fingers on the torch are outlined and flat — no real sharpness yet.
- The rest of the coin can look busier than the grade.
- The date should be clear. The mint mark should be too, if there is one.
VF
Very Fine
The type is doing real work. The statue’s face and the fingers on the torch still decide.
- Leftover detail sits on the statue’s face and the fingers on the torch. The centers are still the worn spot.
- Marks do not raise the grade.
- A regular 2026 is still this grade if it is this worn.
EF
Extremely Fine
Most of the coin looks sharp. The high points tell on it.
- Light wear on the statue’s face and the fingers on the torch.
- The rest of the coin can look better than the grade. Trust the high points.
- The date should be sharp.
AU
About Uncirculated
Almost no wear — and “almost” lives on the same high points.
- A trace of rub on the statue’s face and the fingers on the torch.
- Luster may still sit in the fields. Rub on those high points is still rub.
- A bright coin with a slick high point is still slick.
Basal MS
Mint State
No wear. The fight is marks and luster, not how white the coin looks.
- No rub on the statue’s face and the fingers on the torch.
- Marks and luster decide how this mint-state coin lives.
- A bright chewed-up coin is still chewed-up.
Choice
Choice Mint State
Still no wear. Cleaner fields than basal mint state.
- Same no-wear rule on the statue’s face and the fingers on the torch.
- Fewer marks in the fields. Luster is more intact.
- White is not a grade.
Gem
Gem Mint State
A clean 2026 half dollar for this type. Still mint state, still not a story.
- No wear on the statue’s face and the fingers on the torch.
- Marks and luster, not a romance about a date or a white field.
- A slab is an opinion in plastic. The glossary has the numbers.
Proof halves exist in the year’s sets. This page does not invent a PR price grid. The proof numbers live on the glossary.
Copper color designations do not apply to this half dollar. See the Lincoln Wheat cent and the glossary.
Overview
The 2026 half dollar is the Enduring Liberty half for the 250th anniversary. Liberty’s statue is on the front. The reverse is the torch being passed from one pair of hands to another. It entered circulation on 5 January 2026, with the dime and the Mayflower quarter. It is not a Kennedy half.
No legal paired type photograph is on this page yet. The placeholder is intentional.
This page is a series article, not a shop listing.
History
Both the Commission of Fine Arts and the Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee had recommended the Statue of Liberty and the passing torch before the final announcement. The Mint showed the design with the other anniversary coins on 10 December 2025. Shipping for circulation started in January 2026.
In August 2026 the Mint presented 2,983 West Point halves to the 9/11 museum, one for each name on the memorial. In September it announced a larger West Point release with the same kind of privy, and a separate Philadelphia privy without a printed count. Those sentences are in the Wikipedia production section. They are not the circulating-production table, which is still blank for this denomination.
Design
Obverse: the Statue of Liberty, designed by Donna Weaver and sculpted by John McGraw. Reverse: hands passing the torch, designed by Beth Zaiken and sculpted by Darla Jackson. The dual date is the anniversary mark.
Look at the statue’s face and at the fingers on the torch. Those go flat first. A W mint mark, if you find one, is the West Point issue. It is not a worn Philadelphia mark.
People Also Ask
What is the 2026 half dollar?
The Enduring Liberty half. The Statue of Liberty is on the front. Two hands pass the torch on the back. It is not a Kennedy half.
How much is a 2026 half dollar worth?
This page does not print a price column. The NGC guide extract on file does not include this coin. A West Point privy piece is not a price printed here.
Why is the chart empty?
The Wikipedia circulating table, citing the US Mint production page retrieved 3 September 2026, leaves the half dollar cells blank. A blank cell is not a zero this page invented, and a year-to-date page is not a full year.
What are the 9/11 halves?
Wikipedia says the Mint struck 2,983 West Point halves, one for each name on the National 9/11 Memorial, and presented them to the museum. A later note says 250,000 more with the W mint mark were announced for circulation. Those are special issues. They are not rows, because they are not the blank business-strike cells and they are not a full-year total.
Collector Considerations
Buy the half you can identify. An ordinary 2026 half from a roll is the type. A West Point coin with a 9/11 privy is a different object, even when the portrait matches.
If you inherited one in a flip, leave the surfaces alone. The coin dealer directory starts in Ohio.
For the dime struck beside it, read the Semiquincentennial dime. For the dollar, read the 2026 dollar.
A Final Word
Enduring Liberty is a one-year half with an empty chart. The torch is the design. The September production snapshot is not a mintage.
When you want the half this coin sat beside, the Kennedy half is already here.