As quite a few of you know, the early 40's Walkers from San Francisco tend to be weakly struck. This however makes them a pain in the rear to grade because it is hard to determine what exactly is weak strike and what is legitimate wear when the coin is in high grade. I have been searching my coins to find four to go off to NGC with my 1934 quarter, lt motto and came across this 1941-S walker. I took photos of it in natural light and then under incandescent lights to get the best pictures for y'all. This coin is particularly hard because in AU it only runs about 58, but get to 64 and it goes up to around 220, after than the sky is the limit, casue it goes crazy. I would just like to get your opinion on whether or not you all think this is worth the shot at getting graded or not and what you think it would grade out.
I think it is AU, but I would need to see it in hand. I don't see a 64 at all though. If it went MS, I would think 60-63. If this helps here's a link to my 43 S. http://www.cointalk.com/t208201/ I would send it in just to learn from it. Best of luck, Henry
Is the giveaway to you the area around In God We Trust? in contrast to the field above with what appears to be hairlines? I was thinking at first it was the lighting the OP used.
I agree with both of these statements. IMHO, that coin is AU at best and may be EF. The coin was likely a weak strike due to the date, but there is wear clearly visible. As LostDutchman said...it looks like it may have been cleaned at one time too.
With respect to wear and particularly cleaning: if the top photo suggests scratches in the field, it might be worth keeping in mind, as Scott Travers emphasizes in The Coin Collector's Survival Manual, that sunlight can render an MS65 coin to look "AU55, with scratches."
I am not sure about the cleaning, but I am going to say it is a weakly struck AU coin. If I am reading it correct, I see very little wear. I mean 55 or maybe 58. Even assuming that it has not been cleaned probably means you would get XF money for it.
