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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Is there any differences in the obverse of the coins? I can't tell the difference between them when looking at pictures without the reverse  *** Moved by Staff to a more appropriate forum. *** |
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Moderator
 United States
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what I see: the date size and font appear different. The sun rays are a little longer on the ASE. Liberty's right foot (the one behind her) appears raised more on the ASE. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Doesn't the date give it away? The obverse design was copied of course but no dates correspond and the size is vastly different.
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
1191 Posts |
Other than the date and it's hard to tell the size from pictures without putting something by the coin for comparison.
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
21786 Posts |
Purely subjective:
Value / condition vs value / condition,
although you can have both,
give me a walker half any day!
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Moderator
United States
14463 Posts |
Here are pictures of WLH and ASE. I tried to find the ones with matching rotation.   also the IGWT looks a little smaller font on the ASE. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1191 Posts |
Why didn't they make a new design or at least make Liberty walking the other way?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Rest in Peace
United States
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Why didn't they make a new design or at least make Liberty walking the other way?  , But as long as they did copy the WLH design ,why didn't they make the ASE with a strong left thumb ? |
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Rest in Peace
United States
17900 Posts |
They resurrected a design that was loved by a huge following. Same with St. Gaudens for the gold. They played it safe.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1817 Posts |
Take a look at the strike at the hand holding the branch stem and head detail. On the unc WL half these areas are either indistinct, merged into the body or mushy, whereas the on the ASE it's generally sharp and defined. Branch mint halves are particularly susceptible to weak strikes on the high points as they correspond to the high points on the reverse. ASEs have no such striking problems. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1192 Posts |
I'm trying hard to make my ASE look like a circulated Walker. About two weeks in my pocket and on my shelf. I just been treating it like it was just another coin in my change pocket beside leaving it out at night to get some fresh air and a tiny amount of sulfur. It will be interesting to see if it collects dirt and toning in the same places. I garden a lot and I prob handle it without washing my hands some :). Got to get it the blue collar treatment like it would had in the Great Depression.  Edited by Bertensgrad
02/08/2016 8:44 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1192 Posts |
I also wish they would had kept the same reverse. Or atleast design a eagle that took up most of the back and was more like a eagle and less of a heraldic eagle. Or chooses not a heraldic eagle more akin to the lean fighting eagles of earlier US coinage. That one looks like someone force fed it, then killed it and mounted it to the wall by the wings. Poor eagle. I dislike the eagle on this coin, the quarter and the current half for the same reason. So lifeless. |
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Valued Member
United States
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heres a few shots for comparisons sake   |
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Posted 02/07/2016 02:05 am
