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Bedrock of the Community
Canada
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Good pickup.. I would have bought those Walkers at that price in a heart beat.  Quote:
Should I go back for more? Yes!! |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1195 Posts |
 Nice coins, decent price, good score. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1704 Posts |
The halves you got are nice average circulated coins and for the money a decent purchase. It seems the guy you bought them from is a fair and honorable person and you might be able do more business with him. Are there any coin clubs where you live? If there is drop in and you can learn a lot from the other members, especially who they trust enough to buy their coins from locally. Ed ANA LM-3175 |
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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Yeah I would say honorable for sure. Turns out he also collects license plates and it just so happens I have some old ones so we talked about just trading dollar for dollar coins for plates in the next few weeks.
It's funny because I had all week to think about our meeting and when it got to the day of I realized that morning that I had very little information in my head about any of the series he was bringing (Walkers, Mercs, Barbers, etc...) So I got onto this website and jotted down notes in my iPhone for mintages on specific dates so I knew the keys and semi keys. I also had about half an hour wait for him so while my kids ate their happy meals I studied PCGS photograde on the iPhone too! :)
I feel like I did pretty good identifying some of the cleaned coins he had and passing on them and choosing the right ones. He had about fifteen Walkers and besides the 50 different dated Mercs he had another 50 and he let me sort through those as well. I'm really pleased with how everything turned out and I am overall extremely satisfied with my purchases. I really do think I've fallen in love with these half dollars and fully plan on putting a complete set together right in the F-AU range. I don't know why but I just love how they look when they are a bit worn and used.
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07/18/2013 12:44 am
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Pillar of the Community
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Walkers are a great series and you did fine on most of those. I would have held off on the '42, '43 and '46 as they can be had in AU-BU for sub $20, but otherwise, not bad!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Good pickup! |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3843 Posts |
Sounds like a fair price! I stopped at a local shop today and paid 16.5x face for some Walkers out of their junk bucket. Mine are a little more worn than yours.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Those are awesome Walkers and I love worn and used too !
Oregon coin geek.....*** GO BEAVS ! ! ! ***
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Valued Member
United Arab Emirates
283 Posts |
Yup those are some nice coins
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Great price on those. Melt is $8.50. Not too many places sell them that little over spot. I check every 90% bin for Walkers that still show the breast plate, full skirt lines and feathers. Just picked up a few in a little better condition for $9.50.
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Valued Member
United States
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Sounds dodgey that the guys is selling coins at a MickyDs, but hey just be careful. Does he have some pocket watches too! Ha ha ha :-) I guess he has low overhead. The prices for the Barbers sound good at $11 and $5.5, if they at least a solid good condition. They are going for more on ebay and I believe the grey sheet has them listed higher. If they are AG or 'culls' , as they say, then I guess it it is over the spot price of silver, and the value to the collected will be lower, unless it is a rare date/ mint mark. I'm thinking they guy bought a lot of silver in bulk at some point. The coins look nice that you got. I can not comment on the price as I have not been looking for the Walker halves. If you did 'overpay' it was not really by much given the price of silver. Plus you got to pick out the dates and conditions! |
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New Member
Philippines
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Those are really nice coins, I can definitely sense some history in it. Its not a coin to admire for its shiny-ness but what it's historical background is.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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McDonald's was just a safe place to meet, gotta watch those Craigslisters.
Oregon coin geek.....*** GO BEAVS ! ! ! ***
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Thanks for the comments TPG and Duke! One of these days I'll get around to photographing the roll of Merc's I bought from him as well. 50 different dates and mint marks. I'd love to get a hold of him again and pick up more but I just dropped the hammer on a new house so I'll be out of the game for a bit while I walk the path of building a home! :) Bababooey - McD's was indeed a safe spot chosen by me so my kiddos could play while I met with him. Good luck with any new acquisitions TPG, post em up here so we can all take a gander! Russ |
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Posted 07/17/2013 1:52 pm
