WLH date that has eluded me.....until now!!

savoyspecial · January 8, 2011 1:53PM

arrived today.....now why is there no hole in my Whitman folder for it????

Bochiman · January 8, 2011 1:56PM

I have a 1904 dollar that resembles that one

coinman420 · January 8, 2011 1:59PM

tooled?

coinman420 · January 8, 2011 2:01PM

is that a small clip at 10 o`clock?

savoyspecial · January 8, 2011 2:01PM

it is an altered date 1934 (not a very good job either)......and to your second question, it appears to be a rim ding

canadanz · January 8, 2011 3:22PM

34? My guess would have been 44... seems to me it would be much easier to turn a 4 into a 1, than a 3.

BigE · January 8, 2011 3:50PM

Why would anyone do that? Maybe an apprentice counterfeiter working his way up to a 14-D cent?-------------------------BigE

SkyMan · January 8, 2011 3:53PM

EXCELLENT!!! Congratulations! That would go very well with a 1930 (small 0) Jefferson I saw about 2 years ago. My best guess is that it was a tooled 9.

etexmike · January 8, 2011 9:57PM

That is a date that has eluded me for my Walker collection too.

Mike

Walkerguy21D · January 8, 2011 10:19PM

Now that's funny - thanks for posting it!
Let's see......A very early previously unknown pattern half dollar that was accidently slipped into circulation......(just guessing as to an Ebay posting for it, along with a BIN price of $10,000 or Best Offer)

ricko · January 8, 2011 11:02PM

Admittedly, I am no expert on tooling, however, I would agree, that altering a 4 to a 1 would seem to be an easier task. Could you explain why you believe it to be an altered '34?? Thanks, always looking to learn. Cheers, RickO

BXBOY143 · January 8, 2011 11:11PM

rhedden · January 8, 2011 11:23PM

At a glance, it doesn't look like such a bad alteration. Personally, I hope 1914 Walkers and their counterfeit cousins continue to elude my collection.

It's a cool piece, though.

savoyspecial · January 9, 2011 12:13AM

thanks for the comments, and i agree that a 44 would be easier to alter than a 34 because you already have the stem for the "1" but i think i see a remnant of the bottom curve of a "3" (could be wrong though; all we know for sure is that it was not altered from a 1924

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