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Show me some cameo proof Walkers!!!

Just sent one (I hope it CAMs!!) to PCGS, let's see what you have!!!
It is not exactly cheating, I prefer to consider it creative problem solving!!!

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  • JustacommemanJustacommeman Posts: 22,852 ✭✭✭✭✭
    This is going to be a short threadimage

    I hope you do the impossible and get a cameo designation (both sides of the street are difficult). That would be awesome.........MJ
    Walker Proof Digital Album
    Fellas, leave the tight pants to the ladies. If I can count the coins in your pockets you better use them to call a tailor. Stay thirsty my friends......
  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I hope you get some pictures...they do not seem to be common....Cheers, RickO
  • ModCrewmanModCrewman Posts: 4,039 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Just how short you ask? Current PCGS populations from CoinFacts.

    1936 - ZERO
    1937 - ZERO
    1938 - 2 CAM
    1939 - 2 CAM
    1940 - ZERO
    1941 - ZERO
    1942 - 3 CAM

    Good luck Marty, surely you know how tough of an order that submission is; but if I'd trust anyone's eye, it'd be yours.
  • robecrobec Posts: 6,770 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Here is SkyMan's NGC PF66Cam

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  • MarkInDavisMarkInDavis Posts: 1,711 ✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Here is SkyMan's NGC PF66Cam

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    That nice frosty sun is what gets the cameo. If the sun looks dark like the fields, then no cameo. That's my understanding, and that's why there are so few.
    image Respectfully, Mark
  • 19Lyds19Lyds Posts: 26,491 ✭✭✭✭
    Well that's one down.
    I decided to change calling the bathroom the John and renamed it the Jim. I feel so much better saying I went to the Jim this morning.



    The name is LEE!
  • robecrobec Posts: 6,770 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Another shot of Sy's Walker.

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  • 19Lyds19Lyds Posts: 26,491 ✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Just sent one (I hope it CAMs!!) to PCGS, let's see what you have!!! >>

    What Year Marty? image
    I decided to change calling the bathroom the John and renamed it the Jim. I feel so much better saying I went to the Jim this morning.



    The name is LEE!
  • ModCrewmanModCrewman Posts: 4,039 ✭✭✭✭✭


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    << <i>Just sent one (I hope it CAMs!!) to PCGS, let's see what you have!!! >>

    What Year Marty? image >>

    Good question Lee, I'd guess displacing one of those ZERO's would be a pretty hefty feat.
  • guitarwesguitarwes Posts: 9,266 ✭✭✭

    That is one of the most beautiful coins there is. Thanks for posting a pic.

    Just think if there was one in DCAM stuck somewhere long forgot about in a sock drawer. And what if that person was my grandmother would wants to give all of her coins to her grandson? Hey, I can dream can't I?

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  • DennisHDennisH Posts: 13,995 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Few and far... no, light years... between and insanely beautiful.
    If only they'd made more of them that way... image
    When in doubt, don't.
  • SoCalBigMarkSoCalBigMark Posts: 2,791 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Marty, lets hear the story on this coin and GOOD LUCK!
  • JustacommemanJustacommeman Posts: 22,852 ✭✭✭✭✭
    This coin I picked up is not a cameo but it has a pretty cool black and white effect with frost. It needs a new holder. PCGS/CAC 67.
    I would love to own a cameo. MJ

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    Walker Proof Digital Album
    Fellas, leave the tight pants to the ladies. If I can count the coins in your pockets you better use them to call a tailor. Stay thirsty my friends......
  • SanctionIISanctionII Posts: 12,203 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Tell us the year of the coin you submitted Marty and when you get the coin back post a picture of same.

    I have seen some 1942 proof Walkers with a cameo look. I have one of these coins. The obverse of the coin has forsted devices [not the sun] but the frost is moderate at best. The reverse has frosted devices and the frost is much thicker than the obverse, so thick that I think the reverse should warrant a Cameo designation.

    As for Skyman's 1938 Cameo half, it is a beast. The pictures of it that have been posted on the forums over the years are great, but the pictures pale in comparison to holding it in your hand. He has brought it to the Santa Clara show a number times for show and tell. I have been lucky to be able to see his half dollar in person.
  • JustacommemanJustacommeman Posts: 22,852 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Yes, Sy's coin is a beast. MJ
    Walker Proof Digital Album
    Fellas, leave the tight pants to the ladies. If I can count the coins in your pockets you better use them to call a tailor. Stay thirsty my friends......
  • WaterSportWaterSport Posts: 6,826 ✭✭✭✭✭
    The Walker is one beautiful coin in MS, Make it a proof, and its fantastic, but a Cam proof...Nirvana man.

    WS
    Proud recipient of the coveted PCGS Forum "You Suck" Award Thursday July 19, 2007 11:33 PM and December 30th, 2011 at 8:50 PM.
  • LotsoLuckLotsoLuck Posts: 3,786 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Here is SkyMan's NGC PF66Cam

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    Stunning!
  • RussRuss Posts: 48,514 ✭✭✭
    That 1938 is giving me wood.

    Russ, NCNE
  • MadMartyMadMarty Posts: 16,697 ✭✭✭
    It's a 42, it has the look...
    It is not exactly cheating, I prefer to consider it creative problem solving!!!

  • JRoccoJRocco Posts: 14,277 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Cams are tough in this series.
    Got a 42 with a lot of black and white contrast but the sun will keep it out of a CAM slab. The reverse is possibly a DCAM though and I love the look of this reverse.
    Sorry for the 100 year old pics, got to get it out of the box and re-image someday.
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    Some coins are just plain "Interesting"
  • coindeucecoindeuce Posts: 13,474 ✭✭✭✭✭
    IIRC, Poorguy (Brandon) used to have a couple kicking around. Speaking of him, the boy is AWOL from here.

    The new Stella must be keeping him busy! image

    "Everything is on its way to somewhere. Everything." - George Malley, Phenomenon
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  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
    That '38 is awesome...and the '42 has potential as well. Cheers, RickO
  • ModCrewmanModCrewman Posts: 4,039 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Should be about time for an update on this isn't it Marty?
  • AuroraBorealisAuroraBorealis Posts: 3,591 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Yes, Sy's coin is a beast. MJ >>



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  • MadMartyMadMarty Posts: 16,697 ✭✭✭
    BB for a scratch. I checked it over and over before I left and there were no scratches or marks at all. Waiting for the return...
    It is not exactly cheating, I prefer to consider it creative problem solving!!!

  • ModCrewmanModCrewman Posts: 4,039 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>BB for a scratch. I checked it over and over before I left and there were no scratches or marks at all. Waiting for the return... >>

    Ouch...that hurts.

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