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VarlisVarlis Posts: 505 ✭✭✭

I thought this Walker would look good in my Dansco type set. The surfaces appear nice, and I put it around XF--but then again, I don't know Walkers. What do you think?

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  • SmudgeSmudge Posts: 9,823 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I like the look. Nice and original.

  • TommyTypeTommyType Posts: 4,586 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Looks perfectly "honest" to me, and XF-40 seems like an accurate grade.

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  • jclovescoinsjclovescoins Posts: 1,946 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Not enough for XF...VF35
    Nice looking coin

  • astroratastrorat Posts: 9,221 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Nice coin and I am in the VF camp ... VF-35,

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  • DennisHDennisH Posts: 14,011 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Beautiful coin!! Left breast outline looks complete enough for XF40 in my opinion.

    When in doubt, don't.
  • REALGATORREALGATOR Posts: 2,646 ✭✭✭✭✭

    These are really tough to find so problem-free. So close to 40. Its a keeper!

  • commoncents05commoncents05 Posts: 10,096 ✭✭✭

    Looks to be right on the line between VF35/XF40. Perfectly original, beautiful coin.

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  • lkeneficlkenefic Posts: 8,584 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Very nice! I'm in the 35 camp!

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  • JimnightJimnight Posts: 10,846 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Nice coin! 35

  • SmudgeSmudge Posts: 9,823 ✭✭✭✭✭

    35-40, I can’t decide. I would not argue with either.

  • goldengolden Posts: 9,996 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Vf.

  • coinkatcoinkat Posts: 23,850 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Tough call between 35 and 40. I don't see 40 as unreasonable. Terrific coin at the 35 grade level and makes 40 in my view given the look and level of detail.

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  • oldabeintxoldabeintx Posts: 2,462 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Walkers were circulating when I was a kid. I would have gone berserk if I had run across this coin, of course that would have been impossible barring someone "cleaning house". Really nice coin. Thanks for sharing. You have a good consensus here regarding the grade.

  • bearcavebearcave Posts: 3,996 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Nice looking coin! B)

    Ken
  • johnny9434johnny9434 Posts: 29,262 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I'll go xf 40 as well. Cool coin

  • BAJJERFANBAJJERFAN Posts: 31,330 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited May 18, 2020 3:30PM

    Here is a 40 graded by our host.

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  • WalkerfanWalkerfan Posts: 9,751 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Looks VF 30 to me.

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  • VarlisVarlis Posts: 505 ✭✭✭

    Thanks for all the comments. Whatever the technical grade, it should look good in my Dansco! I did compare it to the XF40 on Coinfacts, and it looked broadly comparable, but maybe not quite. Plus I thought the surfaces seemed above average for the other ones I'd seen. I wanted an early date for the set. This is the Coinfacts 40:

  • oldabeintxoldabeintx Posts: 2,462 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Cool way to fill a Dansco BTW, using a nice early circulated walker rather than a higher-grade later date. You've got me to thinking.

  • CoinJunkieCoinJunkie Posts: 8,772 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Definitely has "the look" but not quite XF IMO.

  • ThreeCentSilverFLThreeCentSilverFL Posts: 1,696 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited May 18, 2020 4:12PM

    I think it’s a nice wholesome looking circulated example, without looking at anything else I’d say VF 35. Nice coin, stick it in that Dansco if the look matches what you’re going for. Thanks for sharing, that look is pleasing.

    PS Just read, yours has nicer appeal than that CoinFacts 40 referenced above. :)

  • braddickbraddick Posts: 24,829 ✭✭✭✭✭

    If I had to pay "XF40" cash for your coin I would without hesitation.

    peacockcoins

  • BullsitterBullsitter Posts: 5,905 ✭✭✭✭✭

    That's the way I like 'em.... B)

  • kazkaz Posts: 9,279 ✭✭✭✭✭

    35?40? Don't know but a great looking early Walker.

  • TomBTomB Posts: 22,090 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I think it's beautiful.

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  • mannie graymannie gray Posts: 7,259 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Great coin.
    My experience is that in this grade much tougher than AU/MS.
    I love it!
    Solid 40+ IMO.

  • FlatwoodsFlatwoods Posts: 4,247 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Great looking coin.
    Exactly like I like them.

  • Walkerguy21DWalkerguy21D Posts: 11,718 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I’m at 35 also.
    Nice coin as it is, but I would LOVE to have a mm on it, D or S, obverse or reverse, doesn’t matter.

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  • robkoolrobkool Posts: 5,934 ✭✭✭✭✭

    VF35...

  • CommencentsCommencents Posts: 349 ✭✭✭

    Clean surfaces with no distractions. Nice vf!

  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    That is a great looking Walker, and will be perfect for an album... My first impression was VF35....Cheers, RickO

  • DRUNNERDRUNNER Posts: 3,898 ✭✭✭✭✭

    35 for sure but SUPER for a Dansco !!!!!!!!

    Drunner

  • coinkatcoinkat Posts: 23,850 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Or Whitman...or Library of Coins. I agree that it is well suited for a album of the collector's choice.

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  • BAJJERFANBAJJERFAN Posts: 31,330 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @braddick said:
    If I had to pay "XF40" cash for your coin I would without hesitation.

    I'd want twice that for mine IF I was selling.

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  • Klif50Klif50 Posts: 698 ✭✭✭✭

    Nice VF 35
    Should look great in the Dansco album

  • BAJJERFANBAJJERFAN Posts: 31,330 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited May 19, 2020 12:45PM

    @Varlis said:
    I thought this Walker would look good in my Dansco type set. The surfaces appear nice, and I put it around XF--but then again, I don't know Walkers. What do you think?

    Nice. Those are dang hard to find in nice circ xf. Or vf.

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  • amwldcoinamwldcoin Posts: 11,269 ✭✭✭✭✭

    35 here

  • android01android01 Posts: 306 ✭✭✭✭✭

    To pile on with the others, VF35.

  • No HeadlightsNo Headlights Posts: 2,105 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I would rather have a 35 looking like your coin than a 45 with problems
    Congratulations

  • BUFFNIXXBUFFNIXX Posts: 2,727 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I would say a thirty five. Nice the way it is. A keeper.

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  • keetskeets Posts: 25,351 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I thought VF, too, and the look of countless coins in folders. it seems to be "THE" grade for what collectors put together, high enough to see most detail and low enough to be affordable.

  • Bigbuck1975Bigbuck1975 Posts: 1,278 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Really great eye appeal and surfaces on that coin. To me, a nearly perfect circulated example.

  • BuffaloIronTailBuffaloIronTail Posts: 7,549 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I also thought 35. But the more you examine the coin, more detail pops up.

    .................at least for me.

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  • 291fifth291fifth Posts: 24,703 ✭✭✭✭✭

    VF30 and a very nice one at that.

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  • ElmerFusterpuckElmerFusterpuck Posts: 4,801 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Very nice type coin and I'm leaning VF-35. That's the way they should all look after 100 years in circulated condition. If this coin had been blast white, I would have run out of puke pails!

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