The 1942 Walking Liberty Half Dollar was struck at the Philadelphia Mint with a recorded mintage of 47,818,000 coins — the 64th-lowest of the 65 circulation-strike issues in the walking liberty half dollar series, and 67% of the 71,499,800 walking liberty half dollars the Mint produced across all facilities in 1942.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1942 Walking Liberty Half Dollar | Philadelphia | 47,818,000 |
| 1942-S Walking Liberty Half Dollar | San Francisco | 12,708,000 |
| 1942-D Walking Liberty Half Dollar | Denver | 10,973,800 |
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.