Hey, I'm really looking for some nice walking liberty halves, i really love the design of these, trying to start a collection of these, any advice on these?
This question needs to be answered before going too far into this, but I can tell you that completing a short-set (1941-1947-D) is easily done and is a good way to get into the series. Even in MS condition these wont set you back much. If you have a larger budget or want to assemble a longer run of dates however, my advice would be to tackle the key dates early on rather than later. Also, depending on your budget, you might want to decide what grades you are interested in. Do you want to have a set with all the coins looking like they belong in a set? If so decide now what you can afford when it comes time to buy those pricier coins. Alternatively, you could buy the more common coins in MS condition, and get the keys in circulated condition to save some money. Ben
You would be very lucky to find some common date Walkers that are less than $20, that are worthy of getting graded. Your price range will have to be expanded to get into nice, uncirculated examples. I would also suggest buying the coins, already graded.
I would advise you to start on the short set and focus on VF-EF coins. You should be able to pick up some AU coins at $20 too. If you're new to collecting coins, I would suggest not moving too quickly into the buying coins and submitting for grading game just yet. Wait till you have more experience grading yourself first. Also, those grading fees are quite high...
Common date Circulated ones will run you $7-8 on Ebay and common date uncirculated ones run from $30-60 from what I have seen. I would probably take the advice from the other responses and work on low grade keys and high grade common dates and even doing that will require a higher budget.
thanks for the advice, i'm gonna try to get some short sets like 41 to 47, in maybe the same condition, maybe later trying to get some unc coins
if you like just the front design on the Walking Liberty halves - just a suggestion maybe you would like the American Eagle 1oz coins you get a bigger coin with the same front design and i would think for the same or less cost http://www.usmint.gov/mint_programs/american_eagles/index.cfm?Action=american_eagle_silver
Yes, I like the silver eagle coins, I have some of the them, i like the reverse of the walking halves as well, just like the liberty walking half coin better, collecting both coins though!!!
Many Walkers have been cleaned, espcially when they grade AU/BU. Also, 1921 series you have to be very carefull to ensure they are original circulated.
I suspect your new or relatively new to this forum so WELCOME TO THE FOURUM. As to your question. Those are really great coins to start with but you really should look more into the locations of where to purchase them from. By that I mean you should look into the possibility of a coin show in your area. If not, try Google for a coin club. In those places you could get a lot of information and possibly some decent prices for those coins. Also, you should really not think about having coins graded until you find out what the coin is really worth, might be worth in the distant future, your plans on such coins and the prices of the TPGS that would do the grading. Remember that if you purchase a $20 coin and pay $20 to have it graded, you really loose. If you purchase a coin that has a really high mintage, the chances of that coin going up exceptionally in the future is also a little on the slim side. Again, spending money on a coin just to have it slabbed and graded happens a lot with people and they actually sometimes pay a lot of money for a coin worth a few dollars.
