The 1940-S Walking Liberty Half Dollar was struck at the San Francisco Mint with a recorded mintage of 4,550,000 coins — the 37th-lowest of the 65 circulation-strike issues in the walking liberty half dollar series, and 33% of the 13,706,000 walking liberty half dollars the Mint produced across all facilities in 1940.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1940 Walking Liberty Half Dollar | Philadelphia | 9,156,000 |
| 1940-S Walking Liberty Half Dollar | San Francisco | 4,550,000 |
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.