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<p>[QUOTE="stldanceartist, post: 8383072, member: 13307"]Good morning, everyone - hope you all had a wonderful weekend (wherever you are.)</p><p><br /></p><p>My weekend involved finding an example of a really interesting die variety - one I've never found "in the wild" before: the 1945 P Walking Liberty Half Dollar "Sunburst" variety. It exhibits straight lines radiating over and past Liberty's right (viewer's left) shoulder and arm.</p><p><br /></p><p>This particular coin also shows a <i>mostly</i> missing Designer's Initials on the reverse as well.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1487782[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1487780[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is a link to the Numismatic News article discussing the new discovery of the die variety: <a href="https://www.numismaticnews.net/world-coins/radiating-sunburst-variety-discovery" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.numismaticnews.net/world-coins/radiating-sunburst-variety-discovery" rel="nofollow">LINK</a></p><p><br /></p><p>I see where NGC attributes the variety (<a href="https://www.ngccoin.com/variety-plus/united-states/half-dollars/walking-liberty-half-dollars-1916-1947/820333/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.ngccoin.com/variety-plus/united-states/half-dollars/walking-liberty-half-dollars-1916-1947/820333/" rel="nofollow">HERE</a> is the link to their Variety Plus page for WL Halves.) Census shows 23 total graded examples with the lowest being AU53 and the highest MS64.</p><p><br /></p><p>I do not see a link on PCGS's Price Guide page for this particular variety, so it's possible they do not currently attribute it.</p><p><br /></p><p>I found it hiding (in plain sight) in a LCS stock box. Who knows how long it's been sitting there, unnoticed and under appreciated.</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks for stopping by! If you have any more information on this relatively newly discovered die variety, or would like to post your own examples, feel free to do so.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="stldanceartist, post: 8383072, member: 13307"]Good morning, everyone - hope you all had a wonderful weekend (wherever you are.) My weekend involved finding an example of a really interesting die variety - one I've never found "in the wild" before: the 1945 P Walking Liberty Half Dollar "Sunburst" variety. It exhibits straight lines radiating over and past Liberty's right (viewer's left) shoulder and arm. This particular coin also shows a [I]mostly[/I] missing Designer's Initials on the reverse as well. [ATTACH=full]1487782[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1487780[/ATTACH] Here is a link to the Numismatic News article discussing the new discovery of the die variety: [URL='https://www.numismaticnews.net/world-coins/radiating-sunburst-variety-discovery']LINK[/URL] I see where NGC attributes the variety ([URL='https://www.ngccoin.com/variety-plus/united-states/half-dollars/walking-liberty-half-dollars-1916-1947/820333/']HERE[/URL] is the link to their Variety Plus page for WL Halves.) Census shows 23 total graded examples with the lowest being AU53 and the highest MS64. I do not see a link on PCGS's Price Guide page for this particular variety, so it's possible they do not currently attribute it. I found it hiding (in plain sight) in a LCS stock box. Who knows how long it's been sitting there, unnoticed and under appreciated. Thanks for stopping by! If you have any more information on this relatively newly discovered die variety, or would like to post your own examples, feel free to do so.[/QUOTE]
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