Form your own grade opinion - Toned Walker

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  1. Collect89

    Collect89 Coin Collector

    Please let me share my most recent acquisition. I found this 1946 Walker at the coin show in Naugatuck Connecticut this weekend. This 1946 is obviously not rare (it has no doubling) but has nice toning, luster, & eye appeal that just grabbed my attention. It is in a small white ANACS holder & the TPG grade just didn’t seem right to me. Take a look at these photos & form your own grade opinion. When you get down to the bottom of these photos, you will see the TPG slab & grade.

    Very best regards,
    collect89
     

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  3. Collect89

    Collect89 Coin Collector

    Here are a couple more pictures. The photo at the bottom shows the TPG grade so
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    Very best regards,
    collect89
     

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  4. Collect89

    Collect89 Coin Collector

    OK, Here is the TPG grade.

    OK, Here is the TPG grade.















    I was very happy to pay about MS63 money ($35) for this coin. Technically the coin may be a 63 but IMO the eye appeal pushes the market grade upward of 64. What did you think about the coin before you saw it was graded 63? Please post your opinions.
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  5. Cloudsweeper99

    Cloudsweeper99 Treasure Hunter

    My initial impression was that it was either MS62 or AU58. It's difficult to tell from the pictures but it's probably correctly graded. -- All just my unprofessional opinion of course.

    It's a very nice coin.
     
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  6. Collect89

    Collect89 Coin Collector

    I would have been even more happy to pay MS62 or AU58 money for this beauty.
     

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  7. jello

    jello Not Expert★NormL®

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    They are just as good as NGC & PCGS! 89 that a gem Walker nice buy too!
     
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  8. bqcoins

    bqcoins Olympic Figure Skating Scoring System Expert

    a nice buy for 35 i think, although I too waffled between 58 and mid MS
     
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  9. Collect89

    Collect89 Coin Collector

    It really looks gem under normal room lighting or florescent lighting like this.
     

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  10. kanga

    kanga 65 Year Collector

    I thought it was better than -63.
     
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  11. FreakyGarrettC

    FreakyGarrettC Wise young snail

    My initial impression was MS63.
     
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  12. rzage

    rzage What Goes Around Comes Around .

    I think they got it pretty close MS-64 , nice looker too .
    rzage
     
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  13. AdamL

    AdamL Well-Known Member

    63. I don't care for market grading.
     
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  14. GDJMSP

    GDJMSP Numismatist Moderator

    You sure about that ? I think it more likely that you don't care for some aspects of market grading, but I imagine you use market grading just like everyone else does - even if they don't realize they are using it.
     
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  15. AdamL

    AdamL Well-Known Member

    Saying that I don't care for some aspects of it may have been more accurate, yes.
     
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  16. skrilla

    skrilla That Guy

    Looks AU58 to me. Is it common for the left calf to look like that? Left hand has some little marks, and the left breast has some discoloration- major spot for wear right?
     

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  17. GDJMSP

    GDJMSP Numismatist Moderator

    The only reason I mention it Adam is because it's kind of like the baby & bath water scenario. In other words - don't throw it all out, you want to keep the good parts.

    As with so many things in this hobby of ours, people tend to speak in generalities and that is extremely misleading - especially to those who are new to the hobby. Like cleaning - it's not that cleaning is bad - it's that harsh/improper cleaning is bad. Same is true with market grading. Many don't like the fact that value or rarity can play a part. But to throw out all of it because of that is a mistake.
     
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  18. GDJMSP

    GDJMSP Numismatist Moderator

    Yes it is. But those same spots are also where weak strike is most likely to show up. Which is what I think it is in this case.
     
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  19. tcore

    tcore Coin Collector

    My initial thought was MS63 because of the hits to the prime focal areas. Now GD, I was actually going to say that I thought this coin was fairly well struck for a '46. It looks like the left hand is pretty full and well defined.
     
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  20. GDJMSP

    GDJMSP Numismatist Moderator

    It's better than some and worse than others. It's easier to see the weak strike on the reverse.
     
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  21. the_man12

    the_man12 Amateur Photographer

    Nice coin. Can weak strike look like a barely flat part on the highest part of the eagle's or Liberty's breast?
     
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