Guess the grade of this 1933-S walker? The PCGS slab with grade is shown in the comment.
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This walker is graded by PCGS. What grade do you view it as?
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65+
Probably 67 CAC, because you probably couldn’t care less about anything short of that.
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65+ A little toning on obverse...
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66
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This is the PCGS slab graded MS-65. It does not have a CAC green sticker. I do not know if it was submitted to CAC. I will ask Heritage tomorrow. I liked it as an MS-65 enough to buy it.
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I was thinking 58 but instead they gave it a 55 for the hits. The luster is obvious in the reveal but the first pics by Heritage are not helping.
Edit: now realize they’re both Heritage must be my eyes 🙄
Nice coin!
FWIW, the coin was formerly a 64+ CAC.
Late to the party but I guessed 65 without peeking. My first reaction was 64, then after looking at it and pondering the strike, went to 65 as my "final answer!" I would guess it would CAC, but less sure about that as i have never submitted Walkers to CAC.
Very nice coin. I believe this coin came very well struck. This one most certainly is.
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The 1933-S Walkers were usually well struck & are generally considered to be the last of the early Walkers. @orville’s piece is a really nice one! Mine is an evenly toned 64 with a green bean:
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My opinion on this 1933-S walkers is that the obverse is fabulous, offset by an unusually inferior reverse which is probably why CAC did not sticker it as a 65? Study the reverse and you will like it less and less.
@oreville: you’re likely right. But I think your coin has good rev detail in the important areas. I do like it, bean or not. The obv is unassailable.
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When you showed it yesterday I though it should be at least a 65, and maybe a 66. I like the look, a lot. A very clean and natural look.
I didn't comment because I was going to come back and look at it again. At 65 it sure looks like at least a green beaner to my eyes.
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Unfortunately,, the coin was shipped by Heritage to my Florida home while I was in New York, so it got returned to Heritage. So I will wait until May to pick it up at their Palm Beach branch.
How do you know this?
Stacks Bowers auction in 2017, not sure how to link it.
Hi Oreville - At this time, I am a believer that most coins have gone thru the grading services several times. So before, I bid I tend to check prior auctions to see if the coin has been upgraded. Recently, I found a 64 graded coin previously in a 58 holder. It happens so do your research.
Hard to do during tax season time. LOL. I should not even buy coins then!
Only reason I bought at tax season time is I placed a low offer of $2,640 to Heritage which was a 64 CACpricing and won the coin.
There were two related interesting threads a few years ago about a 1933-s WLH that sold in an overseas auction that created quite a contentious debate as to whether it was authentic. The 64 added by Copperindian sort of reminds me of that coin.
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Great price on a solid coin.
Beautiful coin at a fair price - nice acquisition!
ok- I got it - as you know - its always tax season...... But if you bought a coin, I am sure its a beautiful coin. Yes - I do but coins during tax season as well and didn't do my research - its called impulse buying.
Now you know why.
Unless they have been inspected in hand, coins without CACs often sell at the next grade lower.
MS 65 was my guess.
The OP is lickety-split on the reveal.
This was posted on Wednesday night.......Don't know why I'm just seeing it now. I guess b/c I wasn't online much yesterday....
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I agree. I assumed as such.
I would have guessed the grade as a 58 due to rub on the reverse eagles feathers. But this could also be a weak strike, which would be known to collectors of this series. Hard to tell from pics. I just wonder if this date/mm exists with a sharp reverse strike? I do place a much higher value on strike than do TPG's. I would have passed on this coin >MS 55 due to my limited knowledge of this series.