First Walker

This is my first Walker! Let me know what you think, grading, value, whatever you want to comment on hya: Judging by the Red book's description of grades, I would say it's in the Fine range.

 

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Nice coin. It's a really cool design. Congratulations

 

Congratulations. The Walking Liberty half is a very popular coin, and for good reason -- it's a very beautiful design.

 

Very Nice Coin. I'd also say Fine, too. Walking Liberty's are always something great to collect!

 

It's so true. Certainly one of the greatest, if not THE greatest design.

I wish we had beautiful designs again, instead of simple portraits.

 

looks to be a F-15 to VF-20, its a nice design and very beautiful when circulated or uncirculated, which gives it a leg up on the other two wonderful works of art the buffalo nickel and the SLQ which both look terrible in grades below XF.

 

Very true, those are also among my favorite designs. I haven't found an SLQ yet, so it's next = )

 

Do I spot doubling? :kewl:

 

Where???? That would be awesome, but I don't see it yet....

 

Nice coin one of my favorites .
rzage

 

nice coin and yes, I see doubling also!

 

I really need help on my grading. I graded this coin VF-30 to EF-40. Here is what I looked at.

1. There seems to be a lot of skirt lines. This puts it above Fine for me.
2. I see some detail remaining on the left arm of Miss Liberty. This make me lean towards Extremely Fine.
3. The reverse is where I see more wear. However, there seems to be some feather detail remaining on the right and left leg of the eagle. Additionally, I see a few feathers on the top of its neck.

What about this coin make you all so confident that it should be graded as Fine?

I am just starting to learn grading and am looking for all the tips I can get.

Thanks,
Fred

 

From my experience, this wouldn't reach an XF at all. More like as to what you said, a low VF

Too many of the high points (which are practically gone now) have been worn down too much for it to be an XF.

But it's still a very nice coin though!

 

I'm inclined to agree with ryanbrooks. You did a very good assessment of the coin, however, and everyone is entitled to their opinion.

Heck, SGS would probably grade this, what....MS 63??? 65?? = P

 

I can't wait for my 30x loupe to get here so I can look at that more closely! Good eye!

 

Your welcome Although this could be mechanical doubling, still a very nice coin to own and a neat error! :thumb:

 

heck, any kind of doubling or error is really cool to me. I think I just realized that I'm really into errors and toning. sweet.

 

The easiest place to see the doubling is on the bottom of the U in United States , most likely caused by loose dies .
rzage