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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 642665, member: 112&quot;]Again, another pre &#039;21 Walker. They are graded differently than those struck after 1921. And I would say that one is over-graded as well.</p><p><br /></p><p>Yes, the Walkers struck in early &#039;40s at the S mint are known for weak strikes. But there is a difference between what a weak strike looks like and what wear looks like. It is all too easy for collectors to fall into the trap of grading these coins too high by using the excuse that the flatness on the coin is due to a weak strike - not wear. And as I said, at least half of the original mint luster must be present even for the coin to grade XF.</p><p><br /></p><p>Let me quote you direct from the PCGS standards for XF - &quot;coins have flatness in the head, breast, left hand and skirt lines of the left leg, with blending of the breast, hand and skirt lines. The breast, upper wing, and leg feathers will be worn mostly flat, and some wear is evident on the central wing feathers.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>Now that description fits your coin to a T. And the standards used by the ANA are even tougher, much tougher. So I see no way that that coin could be graded any higher than XF.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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