CoinTalk coin puzzle: members name the Walking Liberty Half Dollar
In a CoinTalk forum thread titled "New Coin Puzzle," poster Denis Richard shared a partial image of a coin and asked members to name it. Neal answered "WL half," and Mr. Numismatist agreed, writing "Walking Liberty Half Dollar reverse." The source does not give a posting date.
Correction (Oct 13, 2026): We corrected the headline, summary and body to match the source. We removed the claim that the puzzle image showed a single bird feather, corrected a passage that attributed a favorite-design remark to the original poster (it was another member, -jeffB), made clear that the content consists of forum posts with no date given in the source, and replaced unrelated search keywords. The previous headline was "A Coin Puzzle Solved in an Instant."
This article is based on posts in a CoinTalk forum thread titled "New Coin Puzzle." The statements are the posters' own comments and opinions. The source does not give a posting date.
Poster Denis Richard shared an image as a coin clue "for those with a keen eye for detail" and wrote, "Name that coin!"
The answers
A member named Neal wrote that it was too easy and answered "WL half." Mr. Numismatist agreed with Neal and wrote, "Walking Liberty Half Dollar reverse."
Vess1 wrote that they guessed it right away by the feathers, adding, "It's the only one that has feathers like that." KBBPLL also said they guessed right away. The Meat man wrote, "Not sure about this one."
-jeffB wrote that the image was a zoom on possibly their favorite design, and certainly one of their top three.
The poster's reply and suggestions
Denis Richard wrote, "It looks like I'm making this too easy for you," posted the full image, and said the next puzzle would be far more challenging.
calcol wrote that it was still fun and suggested expanding into colonials or patterns. Pickin and Grinin wrote, "Add Civil war." SensibleSal66 wrote of tokens, "I'll never guess one of those," and asked about using smaller snippets.
Source: CoinTalk, "New Coin Puzzle."
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