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NEWP 1927-S Walking Liberty Half Dollar for my early date set
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These twenties are tough. This is the first half dollar minted since '23 (excluding commeratives). It has been stated (Fox) that NO fully struck examples exist. This one certainly has weakness in the hand, gown lines, and reverse eagle feathers. None the less, it's a very pleasing example and I'm happy to have added it to my early date set.
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A fine representative. I've never seen a fully struck example. I have only seen 3 or 4 that were close.
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It has a lot of character! Very rich warm luster.
Now that is a nice addition to any collection. I believe that to be a very nice selection for 27 S. Congrats.
Jim
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I like all the '20s walkers.
That's a very nice example.
Oh my, my ... that's an outstanding 27-S
Great look, and a great addition! Congratulations!!
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55?
Better than usual detail as you state. Very few distractions in the fields. Nice clean sun. Great silver color.
A lovely coin. Congratulations.
Great choice, she's a beauty.
This is one series where not nearly enough attention is paid to the strike.
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Absolutely, and strike in this series does vary. It has been written and published though, with this 1927-S, that one should not wait on a better strike if a good example comes available.
Very nice example of a tough date above VF. Heck all of them from 21 through 28 are tough above VF, along with most of the other dates from 1916 through 1929.
AU58? Based on the neck feathers and possibly slight luster break in the obverse fields.
The same can be said about the Buffalo nickel tho it's a little more recognized with that series.
Full head, full steps, full bands, full bell lines are all the rage but there's no simple moniker for the Walkers and Buffs. A simple full strike would be better for all the aforementioned coins.
What's not to like about that one...
Charlie Brown approved.
You're right, there is none, Those characteristics are certainly ones that those looking for the best examples should be aware of. It's definitely not as common knowledge as the full head SLQ's or the full bands or full bell lines or etc...
Terrific coin for the date. This also represents the clear challenge in grading the the earlier dates... including the 23-s, 27-s and 28-s. The 23-s is the biggest problem of the three. I would really like to see this one in hand. The fields look quite nice and I am inclined to call the floor at 58 but I am unable to advocate an MS grade. Seems there was a 19-D posted afew weeks back that I thought was a lock 50 and it was graded 45. My point is simple... it is about the coin as an opinion in connection with the grade seems temporary as that opinion is made at a defined point in time and could change.
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This one got a 58.
In the last days when Liberty Seated Halves could be found in large numbers in circulation (the early 1960's) high circulated grade examples were virtually never seen in the dates from 1916 through 1933. Most coins from those years were heavily worn since half dollars were still being actively used until the mid-1960's.
Nice coin!
Man that's a good looking coin!
The lack of a "Full" designation is actually a reason I collected Buffalo nickels and Walkers when I started back collecting about 20 years ago or so. I chose not to collect SLQ's because I don't like strike designations like Full Head. I think strike designations place too much emphasis on one strike location.
For Walkers, there are likely no 19-D and 27-S Walkers with full hand detail and probably no 35-D Walker with a full head detail.
Anyway, sorry for the side rant. You have located a nice clean example of a 27-S. There are very few out there. Thank you for sharing.
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