So at a local auction today I bought a walking half set. The only compete set I’ve ever had in all my years of numismatics lol. I love the well matched look of all of it but it’s not something I bought for myself. Do I pull the keys have them graded or keep it together to sell. Sellers pics but I looked at in hand. All the 21s are nice do people want a ready set or want to build their own
Well Bill to answer you question....you purchased a complete set lol But you did and I see a nice set for someone to enjoy as is.....or to try and match grade and color to improve to ones total satifaction. Quite a few people like raw circulated sets. And personaly if it were me...and I didnt need to flip it ..I keep it
I would keep as-is regardless if I was keeping or selling. Hopefully you bought it at a reasonable price.
Yep, I gotta agree if you don't need the money keep it, it should be worth more as it gets older, that's usually how it works!
Only thing I really collect is trade dollars and early stuff. If I was building a set of walkers I’d probably target xf in early and high ms later
The people looking for those grades should not be looking at paying several dollars more for a slab. If you can't look at one of those and decide if it grades into your objective, then, you need not be collecting. IMHO.
Ok I know. The only ones I’d get certified would be the key dates. Notably the 21 dates then sell the rest of the set wholesale ideally I’ll be able to sell it complete and as is as I like the matches look of the coins
Looks like the set I bought a few years ago. Knowing me, I probably didn’t pay more than 1.5x spot, maaaybe 2x, and it was around $16 then. If you are looking to sell it, and you got it at a great price, I would sell it as is. Grading, and the time it takes, may not be worth the cost, if it ties up your money. Come up with a number that makes it worth your while, then post it in the CT for sale section. If there are no takers, go from there.
I can't help but smile seeing a complete set of circulated Walkers in an old-timey Whitman folder. Makes me think it was put together by an old timer 50, 60, 70 years ago. Any idea about the person who assembled the set?
Kind of impossible to answer the question without knowing how much you paid and what your trying to get out of it. Generally you can make more money if you patiently sell the best coins at a high profit then sell the commons for a bit more than you paid. If you have the time likely best way to go to maximize profit. That said, I personally would try to sell it as a set if I thought I could make some money and get it done quickly.
Pretty much the same as the obverse on the couple I popped out. Which was the 21 dates and the 1919-d
I may just do that. I didn’t steal it. But bought it at basically wholesale. The 21 d in fine is about $5-600 alone. That’s what I figured it’ll grade f-12,
You're making me jealous. I've put together a complete set of circulated Franklins. Now I need to work more on completing the Walkers.
The set pretty much looks like mine. I have a few nicer, but, I started collecting them in 1948, one year after they were discontinued. So, I had a better chance of getting some nice coins. I just pulled mine out and see that I could upgrade many of them for under $20 each. I can afford that. But, it wouldn't be my collection. In my eyes, that is a very beautiful set. For someone who wants a representative set of working class Walking Liberty Half's this set is perfect. I collect based upon eye appeal and don't care to compete with the latest generation looking more at the plastic a coin is stored in. Like I said, it is a beautiful set.