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1916 50c Walking Liberty Half Dollar #1

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My first 1916-P. I own a 16-D but nowhere near this nice. Thoughts? Thanks!

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THE MAN IN THE ARENA, Theodore Roosevelt at the Sorbonne Paris on April 23, 1910: "It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself in a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat."
My coin website:https://fairfaxcoins.com
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A second set of photos of the same coin with detail above and below the obverse motto. These look like die polishing lines to me but let me know if you see something different. Also wonder what the raised protrusions in the back of Liberty's foot and below the R in TRUST are...

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IN NECESSARIIS UNITAS - IN DUBIIS LIBERTAS - IN OMNIBUS CARITAS
THE MAN IN THE ARENA, Theodore Roosevelt at the Sorbonne Paris on April 23, 1910: "It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself in a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat."
My coin website:https://fairfaxcoins.com
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Great well preserved first date Walking Liberty half dollar, congratulations.
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I'll guess MS-66. Beautiful coin! The polishing lines and the raised features is maybe from a Die Clash being removed?
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definitely polish lines. I think there is only two options for the raised area by the foot. I cant match up the raised areas to anything on the opposite side. could be a die break.

MS66+

its a wowza coin.
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A beauty! MS-66.
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Agree the raised fine lines are from die polishing. I'd assume the little spikes are from die scratches rather than die breaks.

The coin is a beautiful gem, not less than 65 and 66 would not surprise. Super quality, congrats!
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What a beautiful Walker.
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the little spikes are from die scratches rather than die breaks


thats interesting Jaobler. I didnt think of that. I couldnt come up with another possibility but the separation between those marks this makes more sense.
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Thank you for your kind comments. TPG graders agreed with many of you on the grade.
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Wanted to ask a follow up question. The toned coin below is the highest graded 1916 WLHD at MS67+. The only one graded at that grade with none higher by that service. The PCGS price guide for 67+ is over 10 times what I paid for the subject coin of this thread, which are being compared below. Trueview images used for all coins for apples-to-apples comparison. The auction record for this coin is for a coin graded MS67 CAC, which sold at Heritage for $63k, over 11x more than I paid for this thread's subject coin. Would you be able to point out how the 67+ coin and the MS67 CAC coin are better than the subject coin?

Highest graded 1916 Walking Liberty half dollar at MS67+. No sales record. Note the hits on the rock that the eagle is standing on in the reverse.
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Highest auction price recorded for a 1916 Walking Liberty half dollar at any grade for a PCGS MS67 CAC. Sold for $63,000 or over 11 times the price paid for the subject coin. Note in the obverse, the strike weakness in (her) left hand of Liberty, the hits/chatter in the skirt below the hand and compare to subject coin.

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Subject coin of this thread graded MS66.
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IN NECESSARIIS UNITAS - IN DUBIIS LIBERTAS - IN OMNIBUS CARITAS
THE MAN IN THE ARENA, Theodore Roosevelt at the Sorbonne Paris on April 23, 1910: "It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself in a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat."
My coin website:https://fairfaxcoins.com
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