GTG on this Beautiful Walker... GRADE REVEALED...Coin is For Sale if interested..SOLD.
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This is not my series....when I saw it I just had to have it. You are on the honor system. Don't look up grade before you grade and don't tell other guessers. Opinions welcome. I will discuss later today.
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No guess on the grade but I really like the coin.
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Looks like a 5 to me
From the strike and the luster I would say 65, but the right hand obverse fields concern me. If they are discolored, as they appear to be then I would say 64.
Looks lie a 65 with some machine doubling on the reverse, and I like the toning.
65 plus
66 to me
MS64
I'll guess 66. I don't see any marks and it looks lusterous.
66, but that is a TON of exposure.
It looks 66 to me.
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Unless there is something going on with surfaces above the motto that is obscured by the photo, it looks like a 6 to me.
Looks 66 to me... No distracting little dings or hits that I can discern.
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Looks 6 to me too. One scuff in the right obv field unless that's a color streak. But, something tells me Dimeman would not have bought it unless it were64/65. We'll see.
The scuff in the right field is the only thing that I see holding it back, too. The strike is great, even for a P minted coin. Luster looks decent. Nice rim toning and clean sun. But, yes, those images are overexposed not sure what really lurks there.
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According to the picture I see I'm gonna say MS65
It's a bute no matter what the grade though.
does it have a cac sticker? is that why you bought it? just kidding.
that's a very nice looking walker! i found that walkers are the hardest coin for me to grade when i took the ana grading classes.
so, with that in mind, i would like to guess: ms63
I'm at a 66 on this as well.
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65....in hand, very possibly a 66.... Very nice Walker..... Cheers, RickO
That's a really pretty coin!
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it's not fully struck, therefore cannot be 65 or higher. look at the hand.
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I'm going to throw in my WG of 66
Note: If this coin has booming luster, possible 67 Yeah, it's that good for a 1939
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I thought 66 and then looked up the cert. Looks relatively mark free with just a little something in the right field.
64, maybe 65.
I had to look....
Thanks everyone....as you all probably know by now it is graded 64. I have always been surprised at how good a lot of 64's look. This coin is just as nice in had. There is no scuff in right field. I really don't know why it is only a 64. Is it because it is a common date? If this were say a 21-S would the grade be higher? When I saw it it looked so nice I bought it even though I don't collect them. I definitely can't afford the whole set looking like this coin. Maybe I will do a type set????
steveben caught the strike limiter on the hand.
I not sure how that is supposed to look, but there is full separation of the thumb and hand. I have seen some that all run together there.
I disagree that the strike is what limited the grade on this coin.
I would have guessed 66 from the photos. I'd guess luster and/or a bit of surface something not showing up in the photos accounts for the grade. Many (almost all) pre-64 silver coins have a bit of high-point friction if you look closely. Darn nice look for a 64. Not too expensive to own either.
MS and especially PR coins at the 64 level offer great value IMO.
I knew Dimeman wouldn't be into this one at more than a 64/65. Walkers have often given me troubles in 64 to 66 grades. One time in the past I had what I thought was a 1939 MS66 Walker and it came back MS64. I don't what it is. But while I can split hairs on MS64/65/66 on Seated and Barber halves, I cannot do it as consistently on Walkers.
The 1939 Walker was probably the highest quality out of the Philadelphia Mint for the post 1934 timeframe through the end of the series. This date is likely held to a slightly higher standard which may in part explain the 64. If this were a 41-s or 44-s, I suspect it would be a 65.
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If those images are accurate, it's a lock 66. The scuff and a few tiny lines would not hold it back. Strike looks very good to me. How does that right facing field look in hand?
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The right hand field if anything looks like a very small area that we call polish area on Mercury Dimes which doesn't affect grade.
In the photos, it's under graded then. There has to be something holding this Walker to a grade of 64
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you can only tell so much from a photo.
Nice coin Jon. The strike alone wouldn't take it out of the 65 camp. The "chatter" in the right field no matter what it is would probably keep it out of a 66 holder. On the reverse there are a couple areas I would like to check out 1) The darker spots on the third feather on the right wing 2) the the back of the right leg. Not sure if that's just a lighting artifact but it's a curious transition.
mark
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Good eye Mark. Using a 16X loop I see a small hit or possible strike thru on the 3rd feather from body on right wing towards bottom of wing. I don't see anything on the back of the right leg.
I am surprised.... I still think that is a 65.... Very nice... Cheers, RickO
I'm the one who cracked this from its original rattler 64 holder, expecting an easy 66. I was surprised it got 64 again...
I guess the OP bought it from my eBay page since thats the only place (as far as I know) that it's been sold since I just got it back from PCGS.
That coin is a 65 all day long! Trouble with this date is that there is not much jump from 64 to 65 to 66, and not worth chasing a grade. Nice coin!
This happens more than people talk about. On some series, like this one, standards are as tough or tougher than the old days.
I like the coin no matter the grade on the holder. I just wanted to see what others thought since I don't know the series that well. I don't chase grades.
Looks like a super nice walker what ever the grade is. I would happily add that beauty to my collection in a heartbeat.
VERY nice bud, I love it