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The hand & thumb sold me on this '34-D Walker, it's the best in my collection. Show me your thumbs!

ThreeCentSilverFLThreeCentSilverFL Posts: 1,686 ✭✭✭✭✭
edited February 26, 2020 3:32PM in U.S. Coin Forum

GTG if you'd like. I added this one to my Walker collection not only because I needed to fill that hole, but also because that hand and thumb stuck out to me like a sore thumb ... sorry bad joke... But seriously, that thumb and hand are better defined than my 1942 Proof, and only a few PCGS MS66's I own come even close. Just thought I'd share as I'm happy to fill that hole. B)

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  • ChrisH821ChrisH821 Posts: 6,494 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Great strike.
    65?

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  • WalkerfanWalkerfan Posts: 9,316 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited February 26, 2020 3:51PM

    The softest part of a 1934D walking Lib is the head. Yours looks pretty decent. I would grade that coin at least a mint state 65 and possibly a 66. Yes, the thumb is very well struck up, too, and the fields look very clean, also!

    Sometimes, it’s better to be LUCKY than good. 🍀 🍺👍

    My Full Walker Registry Set (1916-1947):

    https://www.ngccoin.com/registry/competitive-sets/16292/

  • ThreeCentSilverFLThreeCentSilverFL Posts: 1,686 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Walkerfan is that 'soft head' isolated to the '34D? I ask because I have numerous other similarly graded examples from other years with great head detail, but mushy or flat hand and thumb.

  • ironmanl63ironmanl63 Posts: 1,972 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Looks like a 65. I like the reverse as well. That coin is hammered.

  • ThreeCentSilverFLThreeCentSilverFL Posts: 1,686 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @ironmanl63 nice Walker. Your date is better struck than mine. My 4 is a bit mushy. Nice die polish lines. :)

  • WalkerfanWalkerfan Posts: 9,316 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited February 26, 2020 4:55PM

    @ThreeCentSilverFL said:
    @Walkerfan is that 'soft head' isolated to the '34D? I ask because I have numerous other similarly graded examples from other years with great head detail, but mushy or flat hand and thumb.

    The only other coin I can think of during that time period from 1934 to 1947 is the 1935 D....it also had a very flat head.

    The early walkers from 1916 to 1933 are a completely different animal. They had numerous striking problems throughout many different issues.

    Sometimes, it’s better to be LUCKY than good. 🍀 🍺👍

    My Full Walker Registry Set (1916-1947):

    https://www.ngccoin.com/registry/competitive-sets/16292/

  • CoinJunkieCoinJunkie Posts: 8,772 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Clean, well-struck WLH in the OP! I don't know if it has the luster to go higher than MS65, though.

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  • ironmanl63ironmanl63 Posts: 1,972 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @CoinJunkie said:
    Clean, well-struck WLH in the OP! I don't know if it has the luster to go higher than MS65, though.

    In the title he asks us to show ours!

  • ironmanl63ironmanl63 Posts: 1,972 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited February 27, 2020 3:10PM

    @ThreeCentSilverFL said:
    @ironmanl63 nice Walker. Your date is better struck than mine. My 4 is a bit mushy. Nice die polish lines. :)

    Thanks. Mine is not a D but it is the best thumb I have.

  • lkeigwinlkeigwin Posts: 16,892 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Impressive! I've never seen one so detailed.
    Lance.

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  • ThreeCentSilverFLThreeCentSilverFL Posts: 1,686 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Walkerfan said:

    The only other coin I can think of during that time period from 1934 to 1947 is the 1935 D....it also had a very flat head.

    The early walkers from 1916 to 1933 are a completely different animal. They had numerous striking problems throughout many different issues.

    My 1935 and my 1935 S both have mushy heads also, don't yet have a '35 D.

  • CoinJunkieCoinJunkie Posts: 8,772 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @ironmanl63 said:

    @CoinJunkie said:
    Clean, well-struck WLH in the OP! I don't know if it has the luster to go higher than MS65, though.

    In the title he asks us to show ours!

    OK, if you insist. :) I actually just purchased a Walker a few days ago, the only one I currently own. Unfortunately, all I have is a phone shot of it.

    My Roosevelt Dime Registry Set
  • CaptHenwayCaptHenway Posts: 32,144 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Nice!

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  • WalkerfanWalkerfan Posts: 9,316 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited February 26, 2020 5:47PM

    I bought this one nearly five years ago. It looks so much nicer than the OGH CAC gem example that I saw. The thumb is very sharp and the head is rather full. The fields are very, very clean. Even though the luster is not the best; I love the old green holder and the wonderful, warm golden toning.

    Sometimes, it’s better to be LUCKY than good. 🍀 🍺👍

    My Full Walker Registry Set (1916-1947):

    https://www.ngccoin.com/registry/competitive-sets/16292/

  • ThreeCentSilverFLThreeCentSilverFL Posts: 1,686 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited February 26, 2020 5:54PM

    @Walkerfan yes indeed that has very pleasing characteristics and I like that golden toning.

    Edit: I see it has that mushy 4 in the date also :)

  • WalkerfanWalkerfan Posts: 9,316 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @ThreeCentSilverFL said:
    @Walkerfan yes indeed that has very pleasing characteristics and I like that golden toning.

    Thanks. It is one that I have really grown to like over the years.

    Sometimes, it’s better to be LUCKY than good. 🍀 🍺👍

    My Full Walker Registry Set (1916-1947):

    https://www.ngccoin.com/registry/competitive-sets/16292/

  • WalkerfanWalkerfan Posts: 9,316 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @ThreeCentSilverFL said:
    @Walkerfan
    Edit: I see it has that mushy 4 in the date also :)

    You are correct. That must be a characteristic of the 1934-D. Glad to know that mine isn't the only one. ;)

    Sometimes, it’s better to be LUCKY than good. 🍀 🍺👍

    My Full Walker Registry Set (1916-1947):

    https://www.ngccoin.com/registry/competitive-sets/16292/

  • ParlousJoeParlousJoe Posts: 451 ✭✭✭

    Nice looking coin ThreeCentSilverFL!

  • jedmjedm Posts: 3,023 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I'm still looking for a lady with a thumb like that

  • stmanstman Posts: 11,352 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited February 26, 2020 7:46PM

    Nice detail op. I didn’t pick mine for the strike necessarily.


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  • stmanstman Posts: 11,352 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Sorry I thought mine was a 34d.

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  • divecchiadivecchia Posts: 6,636 ✭✭✭✭✭

    That is awesome hand and thumb detail. I don't have one as I can't find one where the hand and thumb are well struck.

    Congrats, when it comes to detail she is a beauty.

    Donato

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  • jesbrokenjesbroken Posts: 10,002 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Great strike. To be able to see the divide between the index finger and the middle finger is amazing. Congrats on a great pickup. Thanks for sharing, even though it is causing a lot of drooling.
    Jim


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  • bearcavebearcave Posts: 3,996 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited February 27, 2020 8:48AM

    Best I can do. Working to remedy that.

    Ken
  • ashelandasheland Posts: 23,189 ✭✭✭✭✭

    That coin is hammered! My thumb is decent but even in 67, your coin beats mine for that! :o

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    Mine:

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  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @ThreeCentSilverFL ... That is great detail on the hand, actually the entire coin is very nice....The WLH is just one of America's greatest coin designs...Cheers, RickO

  • jesbrokenjesbroken Posts: 10,002 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I currently have "The Complete Guide to Walking Liberty Half Dollars" by Bruce Fox. Is this an ok reference book for this series? It seems like some of his "scarcity" availability are a little too positive as to availability of gem fully struck coins available. Trying to find many of these coins fully struck is really difficult compared to what he listed as their availability. Not a major collector by any means, but the op's post made me interested in the series, at least currently.
    jIm


    When a man who is honestly mistaken hears the truth, he will either quit being mistaken or cease to be honest....Abraham Lincoln

    Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it.....Mark Twain
  • WalkerfanWalkerfan Posts: 9,316 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited February 27, 2020 1:20PM

    @jesbroken said:
    I currently have "The Complete Guide to Walking Liberty Half Dollars" by Bruce Fox. Is this an ok reference book for this series? It seems like some of his "scarcity" availability are a little too positive as to availability of gem fully struck coins available. Trying to find many of these coins fully struck is really difficult compared to what he listed as their availability. Not a major collector by any means, but the op's post made me interested in the series, at least currently.
    jIm

    This book was published 27 years ago in 1993, so the population information is VERY inaccurate----much higher across the board, in today's terms. However, the rest of the book is a good read, especially, if you like VARIETIES.

    Sometimes, it’s better to be LUCKY than good. 🍀 🍺👍

    My Full Walker Registry Set (1916-1947):

    https://www.ngccoin.com/registry/competitive-sets/16292/

  • 1630Boston1630Boston Posts: 13,781 ✭✭✭✭✭

    The only graded WLH that I own


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  • WalkerfanWalkerfan Posts: 9,316 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @1630Boston said:
    The only graded WLH that I own


    FYI-the 1942-D is likely the most challenging Denver coin of the short set.....and I don't mean just well-struck coins, either.....I mean all the way around (overall). Yours looks like a nice example.

    Sometimes, it’s better to be LUCKY than good. 🍀 🍺👍

    My Full Walker Registry Set (1916-1947):

    https://www.ngccoin.com/registry/competitive-sets/16292/

  • bearcavebearcave Posts: 3,996 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Walker's are nice! 🙂

    Ken
  • ThreeCentSilverFLThreeCentSilverFL Posts: 1,686 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited February 27, 2020 3:43PM

    @bearcave said:
    Walker's are nice! 🙂

    Walker's are super nice and definitely the most focused and curated part of my collection. This one (the OP) sits in a PCGS MS64 holder with a green CAC. Like I said, the thumb and hand are nicer than any MS66's that I have. I don't have any MS67 Walker's as I'm not even sure I'd appreciate the difference between that and a 66, let alone know what to do with it, LOL.

    Here is the auction photo, doesn't do it much justice.

  • TommyTypeTommyType Posts: 4,586 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Here's my "Dusty Original" 1917 MS-63, with a pretty pleasing hand.

    Easily distracted Type Collector
  • ThreeCentSilverFLThreeCentSilverFL Posts: 1,686 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @TommyType that is very pleasing and a well defined thumb. Look at the difference in thumb length between the ‘17 and ‘34. I wonder if the book referenced above by @jesbroken discusses that?

  • 1946Hamm1946Hamm Posts: 779 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Here is the first page of my set.

    Have a good day, Gary
  • TommyTypeTommyType Posts: 4,586 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @ThreeCentSilverFL said:
    @TommyType that is very pleasing and a well defined thumb. Look at the difference in thumb length between the ‘17 and ‘34. I wonder if the book referenced above by @jesbroken discusses that?

    I know the design was re-worked a few times in it's life. (Skirt lines became bolder, for one). But I've never seen the hand/thumb specifically mentioned. :grey_question:

    Easily distracted Type Collector
  • ThreeCentSilverFLThreeCentSilverFL Posts: 1,686 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @1946Hamm wow I think I counted 7 out of 9 full thumbs... I guess I’ve been buying the wrong Walkers :o
    Very Nice first page! My eye will forever now be first drawn to the thumb B)

  • ThreeCentSilverFLThreeCentSilverFL Posts: 1,686 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @TommyType said:
    I know the design was re-worked a few times in it's life. (Skirt lines became bolder, for one). But I've never seen the hand/thumb specifically mentioned. :grey_question:

    Yes I know of the same, only what I’ve read. Like you though, nothing about different thumbs...

  • bearcavebearcave Posts: 3,996 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I'll see if I can get one! They are nice one of the best designs!

    Ken
  • 1946Hamm1946Hamm Posts: 779 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Here are the Obverses of the rest of the set. All 65 and one 65+. all have a visible thumb. That was a requirement for me.



    Have a good day, Gary
  • DIMEMANDIMEMAN Posts: 22,403 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Very nice Walker!

  • ThreeCentSilverFLThreeCentSilverFL Posts: 1,686 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @1946Hamm Gary, very nice

  • WalkerfanWalkerfan Posts: 9,316 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited February 27, 2020 7:31PM

    @1946Hamm That is a wonderful intermediate through late date set, Gary! Very wise that you chose to do all 65 gems. Thanks for sharing, as I really enjoyed viewing them.

    Sometimes, it’s better to be LUCKY than good. 🍀 🍺👍

    My Full Walker Registry Set (1916-1947):

    https://www.ngccoin.com/registry/competitive-sets/16292/

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