Lot 265: A USA One Half Troy Ounce .999 Fine Silver Round

A contemporary silver bullion round, struck in .999 fine silver. The obverse features the Walking Liberty design, depicting Lady Liberty draped in the national flag, walking towards a rising sun with her right arm extended and carrying laurel and oak branches in her left. This side bears the struck legends LIBERTY and IN GOD WE TRUST. The reverse displays a heraldic eagle with outstretched wings behind a shield, clutching an olive branch and arrows in its talons. Above the eagle are thirteen five-pointed stars arranged in a triangular formation. The reverse is struck with the inscriptions UNITED STATES OF AMERICA and ONE HALF TROY OUNCE .999 FINE SILVER. The eagle’s shield is prominently struck with the word COPY, and the initials HM appear to the lower right of the eagle’s tail feathers.

Weight: 15.55g
Purity: .999 fine silver.