The 1917-S Walking Liberty Half Dollar (Reverse Mintmark) was struck at the San Francisco Mint with a recorded mintage of 5,554,000 coins — the 39th-lowest of the 65 circulation-strike issues in the walking liberty half dollar series, and 26% of the 21,503,400 walking liberty half dollars the Mint produced across all facilities in 1917.
A full collector's note for this issue — survival, strike character, and what to check before buying — is on the writing schedule; the figures above are the permanent record.
| Issue | Mint | Mintage |
|---|---|---|
| 1917 Walking Liberty Half Dollar | Philadelphia | 12,292,000 |
| 1917-S Walking Liberty Half Dollar (Obverse Mintmark) | San Francisco | 952,000 |
| 1917-S Walking Liberty Half Dollar (Reverse Mintmark) | San Francisco | 5,554,000 |
| 1917-D Walking Liberty Half Dollar (Obverse Mintmark) | Denver | 765,400 |
| 1917-D Walking Liberty Half Dollar (Reverse Mintmark) | Denver | 1,940,000 |
Mintage figures: United States Mint (Annual Report of the Director of the Mint), Royal Canadian Mint records, and — for the 1935 banknote issue — Bank of Canada printage records as published in the Charlton Standard Catalogue of Canadian Government Paper Money, cross-checked across independent published references. Specifications: United States Mint coin specifications.