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Attractive Proof Walker, but enough for a Cameo?

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  • lasvegasteddylasvegasteddy Posts: 10,432 ✭✭✭
    sure is pretty
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  • ModernCrapNutModernCrapNut Posts: 2,086 ✭
    I'd love to have that coin, but I don't think it will go Cam at PCGS.


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  • coinkatcoinkat Posts: 23,836 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Nice coin... not sure about the CAM.

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  • fcloudfcloud Posts: 12,133 ✭✭✭✭
    i don't think it will go CAM, but it sure looks nice.

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  • LindeDadLindeDad Posts: 18,766 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Don't think they will change there mind on it.
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  • CarlWohlforthCarlWohlforth Posts: 11,074 ✭
    Hi Strat, good to see you posting!

    I like that one. However you needed to win the coin first, then make the post. That is because everybody will now want to bid on it! As for the grade I think it deserves a star for sure. Cameo Walkers are so scarce it might end up in a cameo holder one day. I wonder how it looks in hand? I would certainly pay a premium for that one though I do think proof walkers have gotten too expensive in the past couple of years.
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  • messydeskmessydesk Posts: 20,299 ✭✭✭✭✭
    No. There's no contrast on the sun, and questionable contrast on the upper obverse. The reverse is pretty solid. The sale price on this one will be a statistical outlier among prices realized for other 42 Proof Walkers, though.
    John
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  • djdilliodondjdilliodon Posts: 1,938 ✭✭


    << <i>No. There's no contrast on the sun, and questionable contrast on the upper obverse. The reverse is pretty solid. The sale price on this one will be a statistical outlier among prices realized for other 42 Proof Walkers, though. >>



    Yep the frost break on the sun will stop it from being cameo i think to. It may look better in hand though.
  • CarlWohlforthCarlWohlforth Posts: 11,074 ✭
    <<Yep the frost break on the sun will stop it from being cameo i think to>>

    On most proof Walkers with some cameo contrast the sun is brilliant. I used to say no proof Walker had any frost on the sun until I viewed the frostiest proof Walker I ever saw. The sun on that one (labeled Cameo) is nowhere near as frosty as the rest of the devices though it does exhibit a hint of frost. So I don't believe the lack of frost on the sun should or would affect the possibility of a cameo designation.
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  • STONESTONE Posts: 15,275 ✭
    THe obverse doesn't get the job done, but the reverse is pretty close.
  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Extraordinary Walker... very, very nice... I do not think it will go cameo.. but Carl's opinion should be listened to. Could be worth a try... Cheers, RickO
  • CameonutCameonut Posts: 7,384 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Nice proof Walker, but a no-go on cameo at PCGS.

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  • CgbCgb Posts: 710 ✭


    << <i>Nice proof Walker, but a no-go on cameo at PCGS. >>



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  • DJCoinzDJCoinz Posts: 3,856 ✭
    Sure is a beauty. The reverse looks cameo.
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  • SkyManSkyMan Posts: 9,505 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I agree with Carl.

    Nice reverse on the coin. Heck, nice obverse too!... just not enough to Cameo. It would probably star at NGC.
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  • cmerlo1cmerlo1 Posts: 7,960 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Might make it at NGC...they don't seem to be as tough on the CAM designation...I once bought a 1938 Lincoln proof from jwcameo on eBay in a PCI PR-67 DCam holder. It had light contrast, but had some flyspecks on the reverse, so I decided to crack it out and send it to NCS for the spots and then on to NGC for grading. I figured it would end up in a PR65 or 66 holder. Boy was I surprised when it came back a 65 CAM!

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  • StratStrat Posts: 612 ✭✭✭
    Thanks for your thoughts, everyone. It's a nice coin, no doubt. It will be interesting to see how much it brings. And...congrats on your 38 proof Lincoln Cmerlo1, that's quite a find. You never know...

  • JustBustDimesJustBustDimes Posts: 357


    << <i>What say you?

    1942 Proof Walker PR66 >>



    I like it alot.

    Does anyone have an idea what to bid?
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  • planetsteveplanetsteve Posts: 1,425 ✭✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>What say you?

    1942 Proof Walker PR66 >>



    I like it alot.

    Does anyone have an idea what to bid? >>



    A LOT, apparently. I thought it was pretty ironic that after all of the excitement on this thread -- and I bid on it too -- it didn't even sell.

    But we'll have another chance... right?

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