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Pillar of the Community
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AU-50 I thought XF coins do not have luster.  |
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Canada
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What's going on with the top loop of the 8?
Feel free to call me Will.
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Valued Member
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Yes, top loop looks strange to me also, but I saw the same loop at PCGS examples, so I think everything is ok. Also, I looked at many AU53-55 1918 50c and I am curious, why they have so weak strike of berries at top of the coin (near Liberty's Head)? In my coin, berries are very nice detailed, like at MS coin. But obviously my coin is max AU50, so it is quite odd to me, but also I am very happy with those nice details:) Also, what is interesting, David Lawrence wrote at his blog, that early WLHD had very weak Liberty's skirt lines. I didn't know this. Here is link to this article: http://blog.davidlawrence.com/index...h-3-grading/ |
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Bedrock of the Community
Canada
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The date doesn't look right to me |
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Pillar of the Community
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Its a very nice coin, you usually cant find them as much in that condition as you can in a lower one. I`d say EF-40 and $57 ain't bad.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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A really nice walker I would add to my set, XF 45 to me.
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Also, I looked at many AU53-55 1918 50c and I am curious, why they have so weak strike of berries at top of the coin (near Liberty's Head)? In my coin, berries are very nice detailed, like at MS coin. But obviously my coin is max AU50, so it is quite odd to me, but also I am very happy with those nice details:) I think you're looking at a slightly different basining process for different dies. Basining was done individually (of course) for each die, and slight differences in the amount applied would have a significant effect on the peripheral strike of a coin. The "weaker" coins you saw would also likely have flattening of the letters in LIBERTY towards the rim; you can see this in Peace dollar strikes as well. |
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Pillar of the Community
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great read on the die process. you learn something new everyday on the CCF.
This coin is awesome. The color is all original, real super eye appeal.
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Canada
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Valued Member
United States
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Yes member nickel searcher pointed that out pre 21 there were less shirt lines in the design easy xf 45
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Canada
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Looks AU to me. I wonder about the color: is it that uniform golden shade in-hand? If so, I'd suspect the coin might have been dipped white and has since retoned. Otherwise, it appears problem-free, with scattered small ticks but no hairlines. The slight strike weakness is pretty typical for early Walkers, as noted.
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Real color of my coin is natural silver, this gold toning from picture is from artificial lightning.
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