Where are the Walkers? And why do they cost so much?
Monstavet
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Okay, so I think this sort of relates to the whole Coinage article, but I thought it was sort of a separate issue as well, so I'll post it here.
Gem MS Walkers of the 1940s. Modern coins? Depends who you ask, but suffice it say, not too terribly old, right? The pops on these coins in MS65 are in the several thousands for most every date/mm; for MS66 in the high hundreds, even thousands for many dates/mintmarks. But these coins cost a pretty penny! Not thousands of dollars, but often times hundreds. IMHO, the cost of these is much higher than there pops should indicate. A true modern with this pop would cost only a few dollars. The prices are not too shabby for what would seem to be not-too-rare coins. MS67 are less common, but even so, are not rare for some dates - at least by there pop reports (good luck actually finding them). At the same time, how many Walker Registry sets are there? There are 22 full sets (few complete) and only 11 short sets (again, few complete). So where the heck are all these coins?
Gem MS Walkers of the 1940s. Modern coins? Depends who you ask, but suffice it say, not too terribly old, right? The pops on these coins in MS65 are in the several thousands for most every date/mm; for MS66 in the high hundreds, even thousands for many dates/mintmarks. But these coins cost a pretty penny! Not thousands of dollars, but often times hundreds. IMHO, the cost of these is much higher than there pops should indicate. A true modern with this pop would cost only a few dollars. The prices are not too shabby for what would seem to be not-too-rare coins. MS67 are less common, but even so, are not rare for some dates - at least by there pop reports (good luck actually finding them). At the same time, how many Walker Registry sets are there? There are 22 full sets (few complete) and only 11 short sets (again, few complete). So where the heck are all these coins?
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I sure wish you could find some logical answers to these questions. I have been asking the same ones.
Right now I am searching for three MS67's to complete the short set and have no leads on them at all.
The Walker's to me are one of the prettiest coin designs out there. I guess they are my favorites. I am trying to build the short set because it is in my budget. But, the 41,42, 43 and 44 S's in MS66 are a little on the high side.
I think the MS67's are stuck in other sets as well as the Walker sets. They sure aren't listed on the Registry.
Will be kinda interesting to see some answers to your questions.
Nice poser.
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etexmike
About 6 months ago, I found a toned beauty in 67 for around $500 and jumped at it, but the coin was already sold. Since then, I have found very few examples that had the look I wanted (nice toned original), so I ended up settling for a 66 for Type purposes.
Keith
Greg
numbers in the Registry. Some of the Walkers I had I bought
before I had access to the population report. Even once I did,
I concentrated on what the pops of my upgrade candidates were.
Some of my ms65's had a pop of four, five or six thousand.
There must be a lot of collectors to justify the prices with that
many coins, especially of the short set.
If you have any doubt just compare the price versus pop
of the 1940 Walkers versus the 1941.
And don't get me started on the 41-s. Way too overpriced
compared to the pop. Not just compared to the 40-s but also
compared to the 42-s, 43-s and 44-s.
It's always surprised me how few Walker sets were entered
in the registry. To look at the populations, it's even more
surprising. Until the Ally set was registered, almost none
of the finest coins were account for.
Just my 2 cents,
-Keith H
Susan