WLH Cameo
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I am somewhat obsessed about owning a cameo WLH. I have myself convinced that this might be a cameo. To the point that I am ready to crack it out. It looks like the holder is having an effect on the coin anyway.
Is it possible that this is a cameo?
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Assuming the photos are accurate, I don't think so. It looks like frost is lacking on the sun and parts of Liberty's skirt.
The sun is what stops 99.9% of walkers being CAM. This isn't an exception, unfortunately. Just sell it in the rattler, worth more that way.
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You seem to get rather obsessed about a few things in numismatics. As for the WLH, if the photos are accurate at all then it isn't cameo. Either keep it as-is or sell it and move on. Cracking that coin out will do you no long-term good.
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You are correct. I do get obsessed about things in numismatics. I am learning and deeply interested. There certainly much worse things to be obsessed about.
Beat me to it.
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My Full Walker Registry Set (1916-1947):
https://www.ngccoin.com/registry/competitive-sets/16292/
It may not be cameo, but it’s the closet to cameo you’ll get. It’s very hard to get cameo on 1936-1942 proofs as a whole.
That is a nice WLH (and a very good year
).... But not a CAM... Cheers, RickO
I disagree that it's the closest to cameo you'll get. Over the years, I've seen a fair number of non-Cameo examples with more contrast than shows on that coin. I'm not, by any means, saying they're easy to locate. But there are quite a few that look to have missed the designation by less than this one.
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From those pictures it does not look even close to cameo. Still a nice half though.
Here's one that looks close. Wish I had seen it when it was for sale.
https://www.scoins.com/lot.aspx?a=29&l=813
Collector, occasional seller
No
Not a cameo, yet nice contrast for what it is.
I'd keep it just as it is and enjoy it for exactly that.
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Im ignorant on cameo. Can someone explain what im suppose to be seeing exactly?
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Contrast between the fields and devices, or in other words frosty looking devices on mirrored fields as seen commonly on modern proof coins.
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This will get you started. Also watch the video link (same link for the two descriptions).
https://www.pcgs.com/grades#gradeCAM
https://www.pcgs.com/grades#gradeDCAM
https://youtube.com/watch?v=wwmUMvhy-lY - Pink Me And Bobby McGee
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https://youtube.com/watch?v=D0FPxuQv2ns - Ruby Starr (from 'Go Jim Dandy') Maybe I'm Amazed
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Not a cameo!
Well, it is an engrossing hobby that tends to obsess people, so I wouldn't blame him.
What percentage of proof Walkers are cameos, 1%?
0.03%, according to the PCGS Pop report. Just 8 CAMs out of 26,912.
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This is the closest I've ever gotten to CAM on a Walker:
Edit: here is the TrueView for the above coin:
True CAMs are nearly impossible to find, and near CAMs are not easy to find at all. The OP coin has roughly average to slightly above average contrast for a 1942 (meaning that if I picked a 1942 proof half in a slab randomly there's a good chance it would look somewhat similar).
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@FlyingAl that is what my coin looks like. I though you were posting mine at first.
I was going to sell the one I posted it but I decided to keep it. I like the "somewhat" cameo look. I am glad you guys have helped convince me its not a cameo. It will just have to do for now. I know where on resides but the pricetag is more than I want to spend on a coin right now. I'm to new. I don't want to be writing big checks. As MF put it simply "patients". God darn it "patients". The last part was my own words not MF's.
Not close IMHO.