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I picked this one up a week or so ago. Another solid early Walker with some feathers on the Eagles breast. Not easy to find in an S minted coin. Let me know what you think. Thanks.   |
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EF-45 (appears to be a little weakly struck)
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EF-45 (appears to be a little weakly struck) I agree. It had two things going against it. It was struck in San Fran and they were using different planchets back then. |
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Nice coin. This is not my series so take my opinion with a grain of salt. I would say 40 due to lack of luster.
As I understand it the 18-S is an elusive strike. It also happens to be the date of the only walker I currently own.
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Thanks. I bought it as a AU53 grade and am pretty comfortable with that. In hand it is a great looking s mint. It will be fun to see how PCGS grades the week strike and early Walker. Again it was nice to see no details grade. I usually pull at least one of those.
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Would love to see what it's grade is.
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As an example here is an AU53 1918.  And an EF45 1918 to compare to.  Edited by tpg22
10/13/2013 08:25 am
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There is quite a range between the grades of the two examples that in my opinion may only vary slightly by strike quality. It seems that having early Walkers graded is like a box of chocolates. I'm interested to see what PCGS has to say about yours.
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I will post either way (me happy at AU50's or me sad at EF45's). I want us all to learn the grading of the early Walkers.
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Here's my 1917-S OMM graded XF-45 by PCGS. This coin was previously graded AU-50 by SEGS. It has quite a bit of remaining luster and pretty strong feather detail which makes me think SEGS was closer to the mark. I agree that grading the early Walkers seems tricky and pretty subjective.   |
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Thanks for posting that Jaobler. I agree it appears AU50. The only thing that might affect the grade is 1917S obverse coins are known for strong strikes.
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Posted 10/11/2013 8:44 pm
