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BAJJERFANBAJJERFAN Posts: 31,097 ✭✭✭✭✭
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be a turnoff for you or no biggie because it's circulated and they're usually not perfect? I don't care for the spot.

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  • remumcremumc Posts: 1,272 ✭✭✭
    No big deal for me, nice Walker.
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  • Jinx86Jinx86 Posts: 3,710 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Its a slight turn off, but dont know if it would stop me from buying it.
    Atleast its not black just dark grey that blends.
  • MidLifeCrisisMidLifeCrisis Posts: 10,547 ✭✭✭✭✭
    A turn-off. Eye appeal is everything and you can find a better example in that grade.
  • etexmikeetexmike Posts: 6,817 ✭✭✭
    I don't like the spot on this one. Gotta pass.


    Mike
  • winkywinky Posts: 1,671 ✭
    No I don't like it but still a very nice walker.
  • BustHalfBrianBustHalfBrian Posts: 4,178 ✭✭✭✭
    The spot is pretty distracting.

    I wouldn't buy it, but I'm very picky so it probably bothers me more than most.
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  • topstuftopstuf Posts: 14,803 ✭✭✭✭✭
    That's the ONLY thing I see on that coin.
  • 291fifth291fifth Posts: 24,388 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I would avoid any coins that have elements of negative eye-appeal. It's time to be very picky about what is acceptable.
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  • SonorandesertratSonorandesertrat Posts: 5,695 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Pass. That toning spot is distracting.
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  • LindeDadLindeDad Posts: 18,766 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Can accept most things if the price is right and it fills the hole for now.
    Sure better than a bleached out white circulated coin.
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  • Steve27Steve27 Posts: 13,274 ✭✭✭
    Find another, that coin is damaged.
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  • JustlookingJustlooking Posts: 2,895 ✭
    The eye tends to go from light to dark ... so you focus on the spot half the time. Don't care for it.
    Let's try not to get upset.
  • goldengolden Posts: 9,706 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>A turn-off. Eye appeal is everything and you can find a better example in that grade. >>

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  • epcjimi1epcjimi1 Posts: 3,489 ✭✭✭
    Spot is a showstopper.
  • Ajjohnson77Ajjohnson77 Posts: 481
    No big deal given the condition.
  • ShamikaShamika Posts: 18,781 ✭✭✭✭


    << <i>That's the ONLY thing I see on that coin. >>



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    When spots are large (such as this one) or in prominent places (again, such as this one), I pass.
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  • Walkerguy21DWalkerguy21D Posts: 11,482 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Doesn't really bother me on that particular coin.....if it was on an AU or Unc, it would be a much bigger issue.
    And as you know, but probably many don't, that is a very tough coin to find anywhere in that grade range.



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  • keyman64keyman64 Posts: 15,507 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I can appreciate circulated coins but because of the spot, it would not be for me.
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  • WalkerfanWalkerfan Posts: 9,378 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I'd rather it not be there but not so sure that it's a deal-breaker. It is circulated after all.

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  • lasvegasteddylasvegasteddy Posts: 10,408 ✭✭✭
    i'll give my opinion when i get to see the reverse too
    sweet coin and for grade
    this obverse spot isn't a biggie to me
    everything in life is but merely on loan to us by our appreciation....lose your appreciation and see


  • BAJJERFANBAJJERFAN Posts: 31,097 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Here is one that is much more readily available, but tough to find with eye appeal in a comparable grade.

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  • lostincoinslostincoins Posts: 4,278 ✭
    Well I was going to say it does not bother me but then I keep going back and looking at it and the spot is the first thing I see. The spot is distracting my eye from looking at the rest of the coin as a whole. I would pass on this coin if it were for my own keeper collection and would be nervous purchasing it as a flipper coin.
  • BAJJERFANBAJJERFAN Posts: 31,097 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>i'll give my opinion when i get to see the reverse too
    sweet coin and for grade
    this obverse spot isn't a biggie to me >>



    reverse pic added, really nice coin but for the spot. At least that's the look I like on my circ Walkers.
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  • WalkerfanWalkerfan Posts: 9,378 ✭✭✭✭✭
    The 1917-S rev. coin is a real show stopper IMO. Highly under-rated. Priced less than the some of the other 1917 coins but a BEAST to find nice. Had I not purchased the one that I picked up A YEAR AGO---I'd STILL be looking. Looked for YEARS before that. TOUGH COIN!! The S obverse in NO DIFFERENT, as it's tough to find nice, and it's even scarcer and MORE expensive.

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  • AngryTurtleAngryTurtle Posts: 1,566 ✭✭✭
    Whats the deal with the "Obverse" and "Reverse" notations on the slab labels?

    Edited to add spot does bother me on OP.
  • lkeigwinlkeigwin Posts: 16,892 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>I don't care for the spot. >>

    Ditto. I'd pass.
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  • MidLifeCrisisMidLifeCrisis Posts: 10,547 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>The 1917-S rev. coin is a real show stopper IMO. Highly under-rated. Priced less than the some of the other 1917 coins but a BEAST to find nice. Had I not purchased the one that I picked up A YEAR AGO---I'd STILL be looking. Looked for YEARS before that. TOUGH COIN!! The S obverse in NO DIFFERENT, as it's tough to find nice, and it's even scarcer and MORE expensive. >>


    Maybe so. But I would not include the OP coin in my collection, even as a filler.

    Better to do without than to make do.
  • AUandAGAUandAG Posts: 24,789 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>A turn-off. Eye appeal is everything and you can find a better example in that grade. >>




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  • BAJJERFANBAJJERFAN Posts: 31,097 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Whats the deal with the "Obverse" and "Reverse" notations on the slab labels?

    Edited to add spot does bother me on OP. >>



    In 1917 the Denver and San Francisco mints struck Walker coins where the mint mark was on both the obverse or reverse. In 1916 the mm was on the obverse; in 1918 and after it was on the reverse only.

    Examples.

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  • lasvegasteddylasvegasteddy Posts: 10,408 ✭✭✭
    that reverse is sweet....that's one conservative graded vf35 example
    if you're on the fence about buying...maybe they'd net the price some
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  • johnny9434johnny9434 Posts: 28,474 ✭✭✭✭✭
    its a slight turn off for me as well. it does not look right to me. just saying
  • bosco5041bosco5041 Posts: 1,303 ✭
    I think I would not purchase it unless it was a very good buy.
  • mozinmozin Posts: 8,755 ✭✭✭
    Forget it. The spot is what I see first.
    I collect Capped Bust series by variety in PCGS AU/MS grades.
  • roadrunnerroadrunner Posts: 28,303 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Doesn't bother me all that much....assuming it's light carbon and not pvc. You'd think it was being evaluated like it was a MS64-66 coin. Hacks, scratches, rim dings, cleanings, etc. bother me a lot more. What we do know is that PCGS didn't seem to be bothered by that spot in this grade.

    CAC prefers to see "spots" on its gem gold coins to prove originality. Seems like all silver coins should be discarded if they have "spots." Fwiw, I don't think I've ever owned a toned seated coin in any grade that didn't have spots. Good thing no one here is trying to build a choice VF-AU circ seated quarter set. Most or many of the dates hardly even exist without spots or other "problems." If that were a VF-35 1860-s quarter (or say a more common 1851), the spot would not bother me at all.
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  • ebaybuyerebaybuyer Posts: 2,984 ✭✭✭
    road if that was an 1860-s in that grade the original skin would have been stripped off years ago ... the first time it was slabbed. no spot, no dirt no nothing just cleaned silver surfaces that look atrocious to a purist but the only way it will slab
    regardless of how many posts I have, I don't consider myself an "expert" at anything
  • breakdownbreakdown Posts: 2,164 ✭✭✭✭✭
    17-S Obverse is a really tough find in all grades --there are a lot of lousy examples of this issue. I think it is a close call because the OP coin otherwise looks dynamite. But I am a believer in the Mark Feld rule that if something about a coin bothers you the first time you look at it, that something will only bother you more with time (my from-memory version of one of his rules-see his website for exact wording). That spot is in the right obverse field and for me is hard to get past.

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  • jessewvujessewvu Posts: 5,065 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I'm a modern coin collector so I like things nice and lustrous, even old coins.
  • BroadstruckBroadstruck Posts: 30,497 ✭✭✭✭✭
    If it was a 180 year old original red copper I could accept the spot however on a coin that's plentiful I'd rather opt for another.

    If it makes you feel better I glanced more at the reverse hologram which is surprisingly fully intact then your spot imageimage
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  • TomBTomB Posts: 21,373 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I don't like it.
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  • BAJJERFANBAJJERFAN Posts: 31,097 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Sold for $376 + shipping.
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  • Walkerguy21DWalkerguy21D Posts: 11,482 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Sold for $376 + shipping. >>


    Pretty good deal.....for reference, I sold a raw 17S Obv at FUN to a national dealer for >$100 more. That coin had slightly more meat,
    but a less than orginal look with some minor surface issues. Glad that dealer didn't hold out for a pristine example of this common coin image

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  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I would not purchase that coin....Cheers, RickO
  • johnny9434johnny9434 Posts: 28,474 ✭✭✭✭✭
    im glad they got a decent price for it
  • vplite99vplite99 Posts: 1,296 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>I would avoid any coins that have elements of negative eye-appeal. It's time to be very picky about what is acceptable. >>



    What he said.
    Vplite99

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