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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Lehigh96, post: 432839, member: 15309&quot;]The polls reflect that most people think that the coin was AU, but are split pretty evenly between the AU grades.&nbsp; I personally thought that the coin was a little overgraded due to the wear on the obverse being a little more pronounced than I am used to for a slider.&nbsp; However, I don&#039;t think that it can drop all the way to AU53 because of PCGS&#039;s definition of the AU53 grade.&nbsp; Per PCGS, the coin most show friction on over 50% of the coin&#039;s surface which this coin does not.&nbsp; Whenever I think the TPG has overgraded a coin, I examine other coins of the same grade to get an idea of what the TPG&#039;s opinion of the grade is.&nbsp; After examining random AU53 and AU55 examples from Heritage&#039;s inventory, I think I have determined why this coin was graded AU58.&nbsp; Below I will show two photos of each AU grade for Walking Liberty Halves.&nbsp; The first AU58 will be my coin and the second will be the AU64 slider that we have already discussed.&nbsp; For the AU53 &amp; AU55, I simply clicked on two of the most recent sold by Heritage.</p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center"><font size="4"><span style="color: Blue"><u>1921-S PCGS AU53</u></span></font><font size="4"></font></p> <p style="text-align: center"><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o59/ACPitBoss/Walking%20Liberty%20Half%20Dollars/1921-SWalkerAU53.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center"><u><font size="4"><span style="color: Blue">1934-D PCGS AU53</span></font></u></p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o59/ACPitBoss/Walking%20Liberty%20Half%20Dollars/1934-DWalkerAU53.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center"><font size="4"><span style="color: Blue"><u>1917-D PCGS AU55</u></span></font></p> <p style="text-align: center"><font size="4"><span style="color: Blue"><u><br /></u></span></font></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o59/ACPitBoss/Walking%20Liberty%20Half%20Dollars/1917-DAU55Walker.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center"><font size="4"><u><span style="color: Blue">1941-S PCGS AU55</span></u></font></p> <p style="text-align: center"><font size="4"><u><br /></u></font></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o59/ACPitBoss/Walking%20Liberty%20Half%20Dollars/1941-SAU55Walker.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center"><font size="4"><u><span style="color: Blue">1941-S PCGS AU58</span></u></font></p> <p style="text-align: center"><font size="4"><u><br /></u></font></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o59/ACPitBoss/Walking%20Liberty%20Half%20Dollars/1941-SWalkerAU58.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center"><font size="4"><span style="color: Blue"><u>1921-D PCGS AU58</u></span></font><span style="color: Blue"></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: Blue"><br /></span></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o59/ACPitBoss/Walking%20Liberty%20Half%20Dollars/1921-DWalkerAU58AU64.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>As you can see, the key difference between the grades is overall friction and its impact on the coin&#039;s luster.&nbsp; Both AU53 coins have friction over most of the coin even though the actual wear on the high points of the 1934-D is less severe than every other coin than the 1921-D AU58.&nbsp; The AU55 coins exhibit less wear than the 53&#039;s but the definitely show significant friction in the fields and other devices besides the high points of the coin.&nbsp; The common characteristic in both AU58&#039;s is that the wear is limited to the high points.&nbsp; There is no obvious friction in the fields and the luster on both coins in uninterrupted other than the high points of the coin.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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