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  • BarberianBarberian Posts: 4,077 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited August 7, 2025 11:23PM

    @bammbamm said:
    This is one of my Walkers. But it is without a doubt the prettiest coin I own when held in hand -- far better than the its TrueView picture -- an absolute stunner. Why it wasn't given a higher grade than it was is a complete mystery to me. Another coin I need to send to CAC.

    It's beautiful! I like it a lot, but I wonder what's happening on the reverse rim at 6 o'clock.

    Perhaps my most beautiful half is a 1939-D MS66 Walker I bought from @MarkFeld when he was a dealer 18 years ago. It has large golden-orange streaks of toning deepening to red across the obverse, with some blue patches near the rim. The reverse is light golden with gold-orange along the rim. Russ started a funny thread about it entitled "A Walker that fell from the top of the yum yum tree." According to @JJM, apparently, it was grown in "you suck" soil. :D I wish I had a nice photo of this coin. I also wish Russ and his buddy, Scumnuker, were still around. Russ was a great and very entertaining poster here! I laughed my ass off looking at the fraudulent eBay auctions they destroyed.

    https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/596751/a-walker-that-fell-from-the-top-of-the-yum-yum-tree


    However, @bammbamm, I think your toning is even more beautiful than my 39-D.

    3 rim nicks away from Good
  • skier07skier07 Posts: 4,370 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Much better looking in hand.

  • bammbammbammbamm Posts: 33 ✭✭✭

    @Barberian said:

    @bammbamm said:
    This is one of my Walkers. But it is without a doubt the prettiest coin I own when held in hand -- far better than the its TrueView picture -- an absolute stunner. Why it wasn't given a higher grade than it was is a complete mystery to me. Another coin I need to send to CAC.

    It's beautiful! I like it a lot, but I wonder what's happening on the reverse rim at 6 o'clock.

    Perhaps my most beautiful half is a 1939-D MS66 Walker I bought from @MarkFeld when he was a dealer 18 years ago. It has large golden-orange streaks of toning deepening to red across the obverse, with some blue patches near the rim. The reverse is light golden with gold-orange along the rim. Russ started a funny thread about entitled "A Walker that fell from the top of the yum yum tree." According to @JJM, apparently, it was grown in "you suck" soil. I wish I had a nice photo of this coin. I also wish Russ and his buddy, Scumnuker, were still around.

    However, @bammbamm, I think your toning is even more beautiful than my 39-D.

    Thanks @Barberian. Glad you like my Walker. I'm sure your 1939-D is a beauty also. You can see some of the pretty toning in the photos. Although the pictures don't do it justice I'm sure, especially with the reflective glare of the light off of the plastic sleeve the coin is in.

    Regarding your question about what you see on the reverse rim at 6 o'clock of my coin. It's only a tiny scratch in the toning on the rim that's reflecting brighter metal. It's not a rim deformity or nick as it looks like in the TrueView pictures. The TrueView pictures exaggerate the different densities of the toning along the rim, just as they mute the bright blue colors in the toning. The coin has so much more vibrancy and definition in hand.

    And thanks for sharing the thread about the story of your coin.

  • bammbammbammbamm Posts: 33 ✭✭✭

    Oh, and interestingly, when I purchased the 1941 Walker in 2023, it was in an ANACS holder. I cracked it out and sent it into PCGS this spring.

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  • MarkMark Posts: 3,578 ✭✭✭✭✭

    There are SO many beautiful coins in this thread! I see one and my jaw drops, then I see another and my jaw drops even more, and ,,, , Just a great thread.

    Mark


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  • gumby1234gumby1234 Posts: 5,703 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @jt88 said:

    Can you explain what exactly this one is?

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  • jt88jt88 Posts: 3,186 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @gumby1234 said:

    @jt88 said:

    Can you explain what exactly this one is?

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