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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;bikergeek, post: 7463979, member: 112428&quot;]I love the Walkers too - very nice (and popular) choice to collect! Of the two coins you show, I don&#039;t think either have been harshly cleaned-they both show a lot of honest wear commensurate with circulated coins at that grade level. I really like the first one a lot more. The second one has those irregularities in the rims previously mentioned, and two areas that I want to be clean are not (the sun has a gouge in it, and the right obverse field has a lot of chatter).</p><p><br /></p><p>A good way to get a sense of condition and value is to look at auction results. GreatCollections lets you see past results along with current offerings. On <a href="https://www.greatcollections.com/Auction-Archive/US-Coin-Prices/12/Half-Dollars/48/Walking-Liberty-Half-Dollars/6566/1916-Walking-Liberty-Half-Dollar?af_c_sorthigh=false&amp;af_c_sortdate=true&amp;af_c_pcgs=true&amp;af_c_ngc=true&amp;af_c_pmg=true&amp;af_c_anacs=true&amp;af_c_other=true&amp;af_c_cac=true&amp;af_c_noncac=true&amp;af_c_plus=true&amp;af_c_nonplus=true&amp;af_c_ungraded=true&amp;af_c_busi_strike=true&amp;af_c_spec_proof=true&amp;af_s_yearfrom=1837&amp;af_s_yearto=1837&amp;af_s_keywords=&amp;af_gd_min=1&amp;af_gd_max=70" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.greatcollections.com/Auction-Archive/US-Coin-Prices/12/Half-Dollars/48/Walking-Liberty-Half-Dollars/6566/1916-Walking-Liberty-Half-Dollar?af_c_sorthigh=false&amp;af_c_sortdate=true&amp;af_c_pcgs=true&amp;af_c_ngc=true&amp;af_c_pmg=true&amp;af_c_anacs=true&amp;af_c_other=true&amp;af_c_cac=true&amp;af_c_noncac=true&amp;af_c_plus=true&amp;af_c_nonplus=true&amp;af_c_ungraded=true&amp;af_c_busi_strike=true&amp;af_c_spec_proof=true&amp;af_s_yearfrom=1837&amp;af_s_yearto=1837&amp;af_s_keywords=&amp;af_gd_min=1&amp;af_gd_max=70" rel="nofollow">this link</a> I scroll down and see that there&#039;s an NGC G6 that will finish on Sunday 4/25, with a pretty low top bid (as of now). Recent prices range between $36 and $52 including buyer&#039;s premium (and you have to tack on I think $6 shipping for the first coin, then a small upcharge for each additional one). They may even give you the first order with free shipping still.</p><p><br /></p><p>Paying close attention to the ones that are in &quot;details&quot; slabs allows you to see what the graders find unacceptable. <a href="https://www.greatcollections.com/Coin/933326/1917-S-Walking-Liberty-Half-Dollar-Obverse-Mintmark-NGC-Good-Details" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.greatcollections.com/Coin/933326/1917-S-Walking-Liberty-Half-Dollar-Obverse-Mintmark-NGC-Good-Details" rel="nofollow">This one</a> shows loads of hairlines from a wipe, and also shows an abrupt transition from &quot;clean&quot; to &quot;dark&quot; spaces where they didn&#039;t get into the crevices. It looks unnatural, unlike your examples which transition gradually.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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