I lack the patience to try grading from photos. I consider it a fool's errand. Looking at actual 3-dimensional coins is tough enough without losing that much information of the third axis and modulated light angles. ALL THAT SAID, most here will undergrade your first coin, the 1937-S. Some will interpret as wear that which may be a weak strike, the trip-up of many a San Fran Walker grading beginner. That 37-S is a honey!
The 37 s is definitely a pretty coin! Im worried about the small nick above the B on the obverse hurting the grade too. I have a tough enough time grading the UNC coins in hand lol. Ive been doing pretty well on circulated examples. That's why I'm asking for feedback.
Yeah, the rim nick near the B is a crying shame, but it's still a coin I'd be proud to own. That eagle is looking like he's about to jump off that background!
He sure is! Do you think the nick would prevent a straight grade? The 37 s is probably the only one of these coins I would definitely have graded down the road when I decide to do so. The others I'm debating if any would possibly grade high enough to justify grading.
I'd like to think it wouldn't prevent a straight grade, but I don't have enough experience on coins with hits like this to be very confident of that. Cost a point or so, okay. But a details slab would be a crime.
A details slab would be a crime for sure! Hopefully someone with some experience in that realm can chime in and give their feed back. I appreciate your responses!
1937-S 64 or 65. The marks in the right field of the obverse worry me. Nice luster. 1945-D 63 1944 Don't know. 1943 64 1945 63 That's as far as I got.
I really can't judge luster from photos, and it's hard to see light rub, and slider Walker's are very common. So other than surface marks I just can't put a grade on these. I don't think the rim nick on the 37s would preclude a straight grade, it is just reflecting the light so it looks like a gouge rather than a nick.
