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Post your early Walkers here 1916-1921 only

CopperindianCopperindian Posts: 1,448 ✭✭✭✭✭
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I think Walker Half Dollars are among the most impressive in all of US Numismatics. I wish I owned more of these.

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  • OAKSTAROAKSTAR Posts: 7,166 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @braddick said:
    Just a few wispy marks away from being a Superb GEM.


    Ouch! It almost looks like recent damage or damage that happened years ago but wasn't put back into circulation. Seem like it still has a fare amount of detail for a 1917.

    Disclaimer: I'm not a dealer, trader, grader, investor or professional numismatist. I'm just a hobbyist. (To protect me but mostly you! 🤣 )

  • BLUEJAYWAYBLUEJAYWAY Posts: 9,102 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @jfriedm56 said:
    Bought in a dealer’s junk silver box for 3 bucks.

    If I may inquire, how long ago was your fortunate purchase?

    Successful transactions:Tookybandit. "Everyone is equal, some are more equal than others".
  • TomBTomB Posts: 21,222 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Barberian said:

    @Bigtree said:
    One of nine early (1916-1921) Walkers with a gold bean.

    Do people really care about numbers of gold beans out there?

    Gold beans are a product of poor grading, not some inherently greater quality of the coin itself. Sometimes it seems like people value gold beans more than the coins themselves.

    I can see both sides of mentioning the CAC population (or PCGS population, or NGC population, or population with a specific designation such as FB, FH, FBL, FS, RD, RB, BN, CAM, DCAM or whatnot).

    In my opinion, data such as gold CAC sticker population is interesting especially when it involves coins we typically do not see with such stickers, like this early WLH. Instead of illustrating poor grading, which might be viewed as poor grading at the original TPG or subsequently at CAC, I prefer to look at such coins as examples of people buying the coin instead of the holder (if they were the one who submitted it to CAC) since those coins that later earn a gold CAC sticker oftentimes cost the purchaser more to obtain simply because they are so nice for the grade.

    However, I absolutely agree with you that many common coins with gold CAC stickers have a greater value due to the sticker than the coin.

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  • Eldorado9Eldorado9 Posts: 2,282 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited March 4, 2024 7:26PM

    great coins.

  • WalkerfanWalkerfan Posts: 9,311 ✭✭✭✭✭

    This is such a great thread. Super examples guys! I can still remember the first time I saw a Walker. It was breathtaking and I get just as enamored, today. .

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

    My Full Walker Registry Set (1916-1947):

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

  • jfriedm56jfriedm56 Posts: 1,239 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Walkerlover said:

    @jfriedm56 said:
    Bought in a dealer’s junk silver box for 3 bucks.

    What do you grade is that coin?

    Was thinking it could be in the mid-AU range. If graders didn’t like the color possibly AU details.

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  • FrazFraz Posts: 2,118 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited May 31, 2024 5:29AM

    I got these to submit as lowballs. Can I have your opinions whether I should? I decided not because I do not know how the TPGs label damage for lowball submissions. I screwed the order of the photos in the collage.


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