1938-D Walking Liberty Half - Rare For Grade?

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ronP Valued Member United States 56 Posts	Posted 05/20/2020 1:06 pm Hello. One of my favorite coins in my cabinet is this 1938-D Walking Liberty half dollar: I see many examples of this key date in mint state or in some quality grade of Very Fine; I assume these specimens were plucked out of circulation upon release, or a year or two after when the low mintage number became public knowledge. How then did this one manage to survive in the wild so long and without getting discolored, bent, scratched? We'll never know, but I'm happy to have given it a home. My ? is does this coin grade G-4 or G-6, and is it rare for the grade? The only other G-4-ish 1938-D I have seen for sale online are rather ugly compared to this one. Thanks, in advance, for your thoughts. Edited by ronP 05/20/2020 1:08 pm Report this Post to the Staff

John1 Moderator United States 56855 Posts	Posted 05/20/2020 1:39 pm Might have been someone's pocket piece. Look here for grade https://www.PCGS.com/Photograde/ John1 Report this Post to the Staff
westernsky Pillar of the Community United States 7621 Posts	Posted 05/20/2020 1:40 pm G-4 in my book. These things circulated for a long time and were still being pulled from circulation in the early 1960's. My uncle (who got me started collecting in 1960) told me how he used to pull the best ones out of the cash register at the bowling alley he was working at. He would just toss the worn-out coins, including 38-D's, back in the register. Maybe yours was one of the ones that he tossed back in the register! Report this Post to the Staff
Coinfrog Bedrock of the Community United States 94367 Posts	Posted 05/20/2020 2:49 pm G-04 sounds right. to the CCF Edited by Coinfrog 05/20/2020 2:49 pm Report this Post to the Staff
GMS5 Pillar of the Community Canada 1527 Posts	Posted 05/20/2020 2:56 pm I would go generous on this beauty and say G-6 Report this Post to the Staff
IndianGoldEagle Bedrock of the Community United States 36770 Posts	Posted 05/20/2020 6:11 pm G-4, that's the most worn 38-D I've seen. Report this Post to the Staff
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