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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;-jeffB, post: 1169301, member: 27832&quot;]I&#039;m not sure why I even clicked on this one, since I&#039;ve been mostly bottom-feeding for stuff below melt -- I <i>have</i> been paying a little more attention to semi-key Walkers lately.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&amp;_trksid=p4340.l2557&amp;rt=nc&amp;nma=true&amp;item=320690884449&amp;si=T9iYIg2Zz9c%252B3W4PhvF7FYrNrbs%253D&amp;viewitem=&amp;sspagename=STRK%3AMEWNX%3AIT#ht_500wt_983" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&amp;_trksid=p4340.l2557&amp;rt=nc&amp;nma=true&amp;item=320690884449&amp;si=T9iYIg2Zz9c%252B3W4PhvF7FYrNrbs%253D&amp;viewitem=&amp;sspagename=STRK%3AMEWNX%3AIT#ht_500wt_983" rel="nofollow">1920-S Liberty Standing 1/2 dollar</a></p><p><br /></p><p>The photo wasn&#039;t great, but just from the breast detail I figured it was a lock for VF at least, and these apparently get hard to come by at anything better than F. At $50, I decided to take a chance.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s what I got:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]121614.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]121613.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m kind of at a loss for words here.</p><p><br /></p><p>This looks like at least a strong XF to me. The verbal/descriptive grading guides I&#039;ve found don&#039;t clarify the difference between XF and AU, and PhotoGrade isn&#039;t helping much either. The luster is incredible on the reverse, especially the left wing, but also in the fields; on the obverse, it&#039;s more confused, with some haze in the field above In God We Trust, and an almost prooflike mirror effect below that motto. Under high magnification and oblique light, I see hairlines in the left and right obverse fields, leading me to fear that it&#039;s been wiped, but I can&#039;t be sure. When I first saw its color, I thought &quot;dipped for sure&quot; -- but that reverse luster is still <i>incredible</i>.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m also puzzled by whatever&#039;s going on above the 0 in the date. It almost looks like some weird overdate, but I don&#039;t think any are known for this issue.</p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t much like slabbing coins, but I&#039;m sorely tempted to turn this one over to a TPG. I&#039;d be very sad if it came back Details, but if it&#039;s got a shot at even AU50, that would just about double its value over EF40.</p><p><br /></p><p>Any opinions or suggestions?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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