GTG 1937 Walker

Hmmm... watching a slow rockies game (0-0 top of the 5th) and decided to give a little bump to this thread before tomorrow morning's reveal.

So here is your fact of the day. Coincidentally, this 1937 Walking Liberty Half Dollar just so happens to have been minted the same year Amelia Earhart disappeared over the Pacific. July 2, 1937 to be exact. She was just 39 years old.

 

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And taking it one step farther... (riding on the back of my ANA exhibit [gold medal, Class 20 - U.S. Commems]) if it had been a D or an S 1937, or maybe even a Philly, it MIGHT HAVE BEEN MADE from twice melted (unsold 1935-S's melted to make 1936-D's and unsold 1936-D's AGAIN remelted), California Pacific International Exposition halves. Fun to think about.

 

Very ineresting. I will have to do some reading on that, since I didnt actually know this.

 

So I figured this coin would be 65, 66 if i was lucky, but i didnt expect this:


I love plus graded coins so I was really happy with this. And of course the luster looks better in my slab shot.

 

Only moderately surprised by this. I really think that anyone who was lower than 65 badly needs to attend a grading course.

 

I'm going to amend my statement "well bought for $35" to amazing purchase for $35, well played!!!!

 

Not anyone in this thread necessarily but some threads I see guesses like 4 points lower than I could possibly imagine a coin's minimum would ever be on a bad day and it leaves me to wonder if people like that ever actual find a coin acceptable by their standards. Maybe just high quality images cause people to nitpick coins beyond reason, but I've seen people guess 62 at home run no doubt 66's and always has me scratching my head.

 

I remember first seeing it on ebay. About 90% of the time I only look at buy it now newly listed items and just keep hitting refresh. This was one of those listings. The seller pics werent great which is something i look for cause then there is a chance they are probably not collectors/dealers and have no clue about coins. Sure enough this seller didnt know what they had.

 

You know what you're actually observing when you say that, right? You're observing the crusty old men whose eyesight is failing them (Go get the cataract surgery, PLEASE?!?!?) who will insist the coin is actually a 62 and the only reason it's in 66 plastic is "grade inflation". Well they're going to have to prove to me that "grade inflation" isn't just "visual acuity deflation" on the critics' part.

 

It is difficult to put the loupe to the computer screen lol

 

Well it could be the "things should never change from how they were when I learned them" effect, too. Well get over yourself! I learned physics and cosmology before there was string theory, too.

 

Very nice coin. I was gonna say 66. Honest

 

On another note the coin's value has decreased nearly 40% over the last year and a half if you believe Numismedia.

 

Well that's an ouchie, isn't it? Was a hoard discovered, or what? That's a stout decrease.

 

I don't know. It seems that all Walkers have taken a hit recently.

 

Missed this one, but lovely piece especially for $35.

 

Idk what numismedia's price is, but there is another one in an NGC slab in 66+ on ebay for $519 right now. NGC's pop in 66+ for 1937 is 14 including mine. And their price guide says $465.

 

And 18 months ago it was listed for $825. I'm not trying to disparage your coin in any way. It's a great coin and I would love to own it.

 

No i know youre not. That is interesting though. I think the demand for walkers is probably falling.

 

If that is so, I'm wondering why. It's almost the perfect series - fairly easy to do in high condition for a "short set", but a real beast for advanced collectors for the balance. You can achieve some early success but then spend a lifetime on it.