1915 Walking Liberty

Does it look like this? (commemorative)




or this (Walking Liberty Half Dollar)

 

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Stop! If the man is unwilling to take the time to post a pic then he can't be serious about asking for our help!

 

How long do you get on the timer once you've said that you'll post pictures? Because I apparently missed that whole "deadlines" section of The CoinTalk Code.

 

Here are 5 photo photos. 1915 Walking Liberty. Sorry for the delay in posting fellows. Been very busy.
Opinions Please.
Regards
c

 

Thanks for the photos. I am sure the experts will be chiming in soon. I am eager to see what is said.

 

Fake or altered date.

 

Going out on a limb there, are we?

 

It's a 1913.. The 3 is filled and just looks like a 5.

Kidding.. But it is pretty cool looking. I'd think that if it truly was a pattern coin it would be in uncirculated condition. My best guess is a bad Chinese counterfeit, they didn't seem to due much homework with the dates.

 

In the middle photo, that line around the rim makes me think "cast fake". I'd love to see an accurate weight, or better yet a specific gravity check. It really does look like it's circulated for a long time, though, and I'd think that a cast fake would have been caught before it changed hands that many times.

 

The rim in the photos does not look even due to the angle of the camera. It is actually quite even all the way around the coin. I had the local coin guy look at it and he did weigh it and it was correct. I have a set of scales for reloading and maybe this weekend I can give you an accurate weight. How would one go about a Specific Gravity check.
Regards
c

 

I am curious. What does he mean by "correct"? In my experience, once a WL gets down to this level of circulation, they are pretty underweight. If the coin is the proper weight for a BU WL then by definition it is too heavy for a heavily worn example.

 

When the fellow did the weight, I cannot remember what he said but I think he said the weight should be something like 2.7 or 2.4?,,,,,,, and the actual weight was down .1 . Again I will get a weight this weekend.

 

If it weren't so worn, it should weigh 12.5 grams. 12.4 is probably reasonable at that level of circulation, but 12.7 is way overweight.

 

Lol... well, at that level of circulation, with likely environmental damage on top of that, any tooling near the date or obvious signs of casting would be obliterated.

 

I've search around found this article it mentions a 1915 walker.
http://blog.davidlawrence.com/index.php/the-complete-guide-to-walking-liberty-half-dollars
In March 1954 Lester Greenwood, president-elect of the Inland Empire Coin Club of Spokane, Washington wroteThe Numismatist of seeing a Walking Liberty half dated 1915 which did not appear to have an altered date.. The members of his coin club were seeking further information. In particular, whether it had been made in quantity and if any others had shown up. I have not seen anything further about this piece.

 

Actually, from my experience there is no way it should weigh 12.4. 11.6-8 would be more in line with my expectations.

If its real, I believe it was someone practicing reengraving dates.

 

My grandma said she used to have a silver dollar sized coin with the Walking liberty design, clearly dated 1915. It got stolen though

 

The shape of the "5" looks very sketchy to me. The bottom tail comes too far to the left compared to the vertical portion of the number. Interesting piece, regardless.

 

Of course some got into circulation anyway. The Columbian Expo half dollars didn't do so hot so they ended up being dumped into circulation. I have one like that.

 

I thought that too, the date looks altered and worth melt.