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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Keep that 1920 for sure. Nice coin.
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Valued Member
United States
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If I had enough posts, and was allowed to buy, I would take the cleaned ones for a fair price. You got a deal on the 4 pieces and I certainly wouldn't return them. Post the ones you don't want on ebay and let us know. |
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Well you guys are definitely swaying my opinion! I ended up keeping all the coins, and i'll probably have them for a while until I complete the set and start looking for upgrades. Hey, by that time i'll definitely have enough posts to sell on here!
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United States
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Valued Member
United States
127 Posts |
Nice, that is a very consistent set. Mine so far are all over the place. Ive won a few auctions on ebay for au/uncirculated late date walkers for a decent price if they are in fact not cleaned or messed with, but its hard to tell when some of the weak struck ones have luster yet are missing details. I like the really worn ones where the space between her left elbow and torso closes up like in a few of your first page of coins. I'm only a few coins away from having the short and mid set complete, although a couple I'm sire have been cleaned. |
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United States
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The first page of the set is the money shot. It seems like you 16-S, 21, 21-D and 21-S are all in AG condition and one at least the date is almost completely gone. If you had the money now you could really improve the set. All the coins before 1929 could be improved to at least Fine condition, but the money shots will cost you. I think it is worth it. I have a set of Walkers and am attempting to close in on a set of LSQ's. The LSQ's are much harder to find before 1924 with decent dates and much more expensive. I paid $1300 for a 1923-S LSQ in EF and $440 for a 1919-D LSQ in VF. I know I can get the 1919-S, but the 1916 with a good, strong date is going to make me cry. $6000-7000 for a small, thin silver coin with just a readable date is a lot of money. The Walkers are much easier to get because even if they are worn you often have a decent date.
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Valued Member
United States
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Yeah LSQs seem aggravating in that way that you can come accross tons of them with no dates
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Just catching up on this thread, but I think you made the right decision keeping all 4. Everyone goes through a learning curve starting a collection, and you learn the most from your mistakes. Keep filling holes with the best examples you can find/afford, and upgrade when you get the right opportunity. Those cleaned coins/lower grade examples can be used as trade to reduce the price of new acquisitions.
If silver goes up, they could be worth what you paid as junk silver!
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Valued Member
United States
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I would have kept them too, for that price it was worth it. You can never have too many of them.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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When I complete a set of coins I always get a let down feeling. This is where the upgrading can help out because you are never finished. I can always buy a better 1921-D Walker when and if I have the money. It is worth improving these sets from early 20th Century because I think they will just continue to appreciate. Both early gold and silver coins will appreciate if you have time.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1582 Posts |
"When I complete a set of coins I always get a let down feeling."
I hear ya terry.....its almost like a time of elation/deflation after a set is completed.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I have yet to complete my walker set, it's hard to find and afford a xf 1921 and 1921 d to finish the set.
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United States
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United States
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The 38-d is not bad for $52. They used to sell for much more and I guess new supply came on the market. If anyone can complete a set of Walkers in uniform EF condition that is really great. The ones before 1930 tend to be worn if they circulated at all. The really good ones are out there but you will pay because somebody had them in a collection for about 90 years.
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Yeah I had searched around the forums here and read some stuff saying they are readily available, and that their price may be a bit inflated and paying less than the price guide prices is not unheard of. I'm just trying to fill out a set based on what I come across so I'm ok with having a few cleaned coins in the set if I only paid near melt value for it, or a little more. Those are the first ones i'll probably try to replace with upgrades. I'll probably be reselling a bunch of coins for upgrades within my life time. I just feel like its a bummer to try to sell cleaned coins I didn't want in the first place. I'd rather have something that can be sold easily, and I want to be able to get my money back so I can put it into new coins. I found a 1918 that is more worn than the one above, but not cleaned that I paid $8 for today. The one above was $12, and from the same seller as the 38D so I'm kind of incentivized to return both and just put that $50 towards another 38d
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