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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Lehigh96, post: 2023592, member: 15309&quot;]IMO, Walkers are a &quot;strike&quot; series.&nbsp; Fully struck specimens sell at a premium and are tough to find for some date/mm.&nbsp; Look for full thumb, good head detail, and full skirt lines.&nbsp; The design is busy on both sides and minor marks tend to get lost in the devices.&nbsp; Because of this I prefer to look for examples with clean obverse fields.&nbsp; The TPGs consider the focal areas:&nbsp; Liberty&#039;s body &amp; arms, the sun, the date and on the reverse are the head neck and breast of the eagle.</p><p><br /></p><p>It is nice to say that you want coins with eye appeal, but I found that finding fully struck Walkers with good eye appeal can be very challenging, even for the common dates.&nbsp; This series does not come with rainbow toned examples.&nbsp; The majority of toned Walkers will have speckled russet or charcoal toning that detracts from the overall eye appeal.&nbsp; It is really rare to find a colorful &amp; attractive coin.&nbsp; In addition, luster profiles can be change drastically from obverse to reverse.</p><p><br /></p><p>I collected this series very briefly before I gave up but I tended to like coins with a decent strike, full luster, and moderate marks as long as the obverse had clean fields.&nbsp; For toned examples I preferred to seek coins with a monochromatic gold appearance.</p><p><br /></p><p>I think you should start with a short set of the common dates post 1934 to see if you enjoy the series.&nbsp; The pre 1934 coins are very expensive in gem/near gem.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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