"I'm Walking Here Wednesday!". Post your Walking coins. ; )

Like the title says, "I'm Walking Here Wednesday!". Post your Walking coins. Let's be creative if we can...
Not too creative but it's a start.....

 

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Here is the 1943 being held by my buddy Joey. Metal detected recently
Shown with the other 3 silver coins from the same hunt.

 

Farm fresh, the way I like 'em.

 

The very first Walker I ever metal detected was back in 2019 in the waters of Brighton Beach.. aka Coney Island




Here is the thread - Metal Detecting - 1942 Walking Liberty Half Dollar! | Coin Talk

 

Maybe lost on that huge Ferris Wheel?

 

This one is a couple of years older!




Julius Caesar Denarius. 47-46 BC, mint in Africa. Diademed head of Venus right / CAESAR, Aeneas walking left, carrying Anchises and the Palladium. Cr458/1, Syd 1013.

 

I like the toning on the 1986 above.

 

Coin pictured below is a 1928 French 2 francs piefort (double thick) silver coin. Graded MS63 by PCGS. Design is the famous semuse (female sower) by Oscar Roty. Oscar first developed the design in the late 1880s for a medal. It was adopted for French coinage initially in 1897 for the 50 centimes piece and has been repeated many times to this day. The drawing below the coin is an early draft of the design.

If you think the semuse looks a lot like Ms. Liberty on the walking liberty half, you’re right. Weinman was heavily influenced by Roty’s design.

Cal

 

I have some 2000 ASEs (they are in a bank vault) that have some toning. How does a coin tone in an airtight plastic tube?

 

There was air in the tube when the coins first went in it. Also possible there were non-gaseous toning substances (sulfides/sulfites/sulfates) on the coins before they went in the tube. Tube may not be as airtight as you think. The plastic may be somewhat permeable. The plastic itself might generate toning gases, like hydrogen sulfide.

Cal

 

The first folder

 

The second folder.