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<p>[QUOTE="Lehigh96, post: 4600744, member: 15309"]I think what you guys are missing is that Walkers do come weakly struck, and when they are, the areas that are missing details are the same areas that experience wear first. The fact that there is "no hand" tells us this is a weakly struck coin and it stands to reason that the Liberty's leg, and the eagle's breast and leg would be equally weak. This is why the TPGs typically require evidence of friction in the fields when grading a coin like this. Now I can't say definitively that there isn't friction in the fields, but I've only seen a photograph and NGC has seen the actual coin, so I'm inclined to defer to their opinion.</p><p><br /></p><p>Additionally, this coin has toning that covers most of the obverse surfaces and typically, you don't see circulated coins, even AU coins, with that much toning. This coin has a very specific crusty look to it and the TPGs like these coins (see examples shown below).</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://coins.ha.com/itm/walking-liberty-half-dollars/half-dollars/1935-s-50c-ms63-ngc-ngc-census-113-542-pcgs-population-180-946-mintage-3-854-000-numismedia-wsl-price-for-proble/a/131510-23128.s?ic4=ListView-Thumbnail-071515" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://coins.ha.com/itm/walking-liberty-half-dollars/half-dollars/1935-s-50c-ms63-ngc-ngc-census-113-542-pcgs-population-180-946-mintage-3-854-000-numismedia-wsl-price-for-proble/a/131510-23128.s?ic4=ListView-Thumbnail-071515" rel="nofollow"><img src="https://dyn1.heritagestatic.com/lf?set=path%5B1%2F2%2F3%2F9%2F5%2F12395077%5D&call=url%5Bfile%3Aproduct.chain%5D" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://coins.ha.com/itm/walking-liberty-half-dollars/half-dollars/1942-s-50c-ms64-pcgs-pcgs-population-3670-3070-ngc-census-2241-1344-mintage-12-708-000-cdn-wsl-price-for-problem/a/131627-21775.s?ic4=ListView-ShortDescription-071515" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://coins.ha.com/itm/walking-liberty-half-dollars/half-dollars/1942-s-50c-ms64-pcgs-pcgs-population-3670-3070-ngc-census-2241-1344-mintage-12-708-000-cdn-wsl-price-for-problem/a/131627-21775.s?ic4=ListView-ShortDescription-071515" rel="nofollow"><img src="https://dyn1.heritagestatic.com/lf?set=path%5B1%2F4%2F2%2F1%2F6%2F14216002%5D&call=url%5Bfile%3Aproduct.chain%5D" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><br /></p><p>If you click on the images above, it will take you to the Heritage Auction page.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Lehigh96, post: 4600744, member: 15309"]I think what you guys are missing is that Walkers do come weakly struck, and when they are, the areas that are missing details are the same areas that experience wear first. The fact that there is "no hand" tells us this is a weakly struck coin and it stands to reason that the Liberty's leg, and the eagle's breast and leg would be equally weak. This is why the TPGs typically require evidence of friction in the fields when grading a coin like this. Now I can't say definitively that there isn't friction in the fields, but I've only seen a photograph and NGC has seen the actual coin, so I'm inclined to defer to their opinion. Additionally, this coin has toning that covers most of the obverse surfaces and typically, you don't see circulated coins, even AU coins, with that much toning. This coin has a very specific crusty look to it and the TPGs like these coins (see examples shown below). [URL='https://coins.ha.com/itm/walking-liberty-half-dollars/half-dollars/1935-s-50c-ms63-ngc-ngc-census-113-542-pcgs-population-180-946-mintage-3-854-000-numismedia-wsl-price-for-proble/a/131510-23128.s?ic4=ListView-Thumbnail-071515'][IMG]https://dyn1.heritagestatic.com/lf?set=path%5B1%2F2%2F3%2F9%2F5%2F12395077%5D&call=url%5Bfile%3Aproduct.chain%5D[/IMG][/URL] [url=https://coins.ha.com/itm/walking-liberty-half-dollars/half-dollars/1942-s-50c-ms64-pcgs-pcgs-population-3670-3070-ngc-census-2241-1344-mintage-12-708-000-cdn-wsl-price-for-problem/a/131627-21775.s?ic4=ListView-ShortDescription-071515][img]https://dyn1.heritagestatic.com/lf?set=path%5B1%2F4%2F2%2F1%2F6%2F14216002%5D&call=url%5Bfile%3Aproduct.chain%5D[/img][/url] If you click on the images above, it will take you to the Heritage Auction page.[/QUOTE]
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