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My early (1916-33) circulated Walker set - almost complete!

ElmerFusterpuckElmerFusterpuck Posts: 4,627 ✭✭✭✭✭
edited November 26, 2019 9:54PM in U.S. Coin Forum

It's just lacking both of the 1917-S issues. I've just missed out on a couple of the obverse pieces, the "common date" reverse in XF has been a bear and a half to find and still no luck. It's still been an enjoyable set to put together though; the early dates are pretty tough to find in decent shape in VF or XF, especially uncleaned.

Question for registry participants - why is the 1933-S in the early and the later sets?

The set, all pieces are graded from VF-20 to XF-45 (edited from the earlier posting to add the 33-S reverse):

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    mvs7mvs7 Posts: 1,661 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Nice job! I love evenly matched circulated sets like this one; definitely shows a lot of patience not to cut corners when building a great set.

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    crazyhounddogcrazyhounddog Posts: 13,807 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Great job!
    Congratulations 👍

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    koynekwestkoynekwest Posts: 10,048 ✭✭✭✭✭

    That's a very attractive circulated set!

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    That's a nice set! When I put together a full set, it took a long time to find a 1916-S obv with a legible mint mark. Maybe it was just bad luck, but I looked at several with a mint mark that was a splotch that could have been a D, an S, or some other letter. I don't recall having a problem with either of the 1917-S varieties.

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    bearcavebearcave Posts: 3,993 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Those are some nice walkers!!!

    Ken
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    MeltdownMeltdown Posts: 8,665 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Dang. Those look great all together like that. I've got an album set going but mostly pulled from 90%, most not nearly as meaty as those.

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    rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    That is a really great set of beautiful WLH's....Well done indeed!! Cheers, RickO

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    Walkerguy21DWalkerguy21D Posts: 11,147 ✭✭✭✭✭

    A truly beautiful set, and a difficult set to assemble.
    Well done!

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    WalkerfanWalkerfan Posts: 8,971 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November 22, 2019 2:55PM

    You just got a love that set!!

    Early walkers are very challenging in XF through AU grades! Very low pops!!

    I think that the 1917 S reverse is tough to find nice, in any grade, as it took forever to find an acceptable 64 for my set.

    I have no idea why the 1933 S is included in the intermediate set. I don’t believe that it should be, because it is technically an early walker and is represented in that set, as well, so it is redundant.

    The 1933-S usually comes well struck but is very tough to find with clean surfaces. That’s why gems are so pricey and scarce.

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    HemisphericalHemispherical Posts: 9,370 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Congrats @ElmerFusterpuck!

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    shorecollshorecoll Posts: 5,445 ✭✭✭✭✭

    That's one of my slow motion working sets...I like yours.

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