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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sholom, post: 594207, member: 17753&quot;]Hoo, boy.&nbsp; I know next to nothing about Walkers.&nbsp; And I&#039;m on pretty shaky ground venturing an opinion in front of all these experts . . . . but, I&#039;d say the 1917-S is in AG-3 condition or so.&nbsp; That might make it $7 or $8.&nbsp; The 1939 is, what, VG-8 perhaps?&nbsp; That&#039;d also put it in the $7 range.</p><p><br /></p><p>As for how to grade coins?&nbsp; Well, people take a lifetime at doing that!&nbsp; But I suppose some good starters are &quot;Official ANA Grading Standards&quot; (whi<font size="2">ch I picked up used, cheap, and has diagrams), &quot;</font><font size="2">Grading Coins by Photographs&quot;</font> by Bowers (hey! can anyone else tell me if I should get that -- I&#039;m <font face="Verdana"><font size="2">intrigued), and &quot;How to <i>Grade</i> U.S. </font></font><i><font face="Verdana"><font size="2">Coins&quot; (can anyone else chip in an opinion on that one?)</font></font></i></p><p><i><font face="Verdana"><font size="2"><br /></font></font></i></p><p><i><font face="Verdana"><font size="2"></font></font>Or, an even more basic start: get a &quot;Red Book&quot; guide to US Coin prices, and there&#039;s a very short summary for each coin about how to grade.</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>And also poke around the internet on &quot;how to grade&quot;.</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>Good luck!&nbsp; And welcome to the fun and exciting world of numismatics.</i></p><p><i></i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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