A short snorter... walking liberty half?

Discussion in 'US Coins Forum' started by GeorgeM, May 8, 2020.

  1. GeorgeM

    GeorgeM Well-Known Member

    How are you at reading script engravings? I recently picked up this 1943 walking lib that seems to have been someone's wartime memento. Problem is, it was clearly a pocket piece or something & is hard to decipher. Does anything jump out to you?

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  3. GeorgeM

    GeorgeM Well-Known Member

    I didn't even notice the obverse til I was putting it away:

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  4. Legomaster1

    Legomaster1 Cointalk Patron

    Very interesting- I've never seen anything like that before as well.
    Also, seems that the intricate cursive would be hard to engrave into a coin.

    In the middle, I'm not sure if that word is "Command" or "Commemorate", and it looks like there's a date at the bottom too- "19--". Too difficult to make out, though.

    On the front, someone wrote their name (Charles), and WEC was the designation of an Allied military convoy moving from the Isle of Wight to France around December 1944/May 1945.


    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Allied_convoys_during_World_War_II_by_region
     
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  5. GeorgeM

    GeorgeM Well-Known Member

    I was thinking the WEC was an artist's initials, but the convoy desgnation makes sense too!

    Instead of "commemorate" might that be "commodore "? And the date appears to be 4.13.1942 (oddly on a 1943 coin).
     
  6. Legomaster1

    Legomaster1 Cointalk Patron

    Could also be a badly carved "3"- that would make more sense for the coin's date.
    04-13-1942? 04-13-1943? I guess we'll never know for sure.
     
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  8. cpm9ball

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    Commerce Park, Arkansas???
     
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  9. Collecting Nut

    Collecting Nut Borderline Hoarder

    That is a great WWII piece!
     
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  10. GeorgeM

    GeorgeM Well-Known Member

    Was that a training base or staging point? I can't find any city or other locale by that name.
     
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    I don't have any idea. It was just a guess. ~ Chris
     
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