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Found this 1945 Walking Liberty half dollar on ebay when browsing toned coins. I understand lots of people dismiss toned coins, but I think this one looks pretty attractive. What grade would you give the coin? Without having the coin in hand, luster is difficult to ascertain for me. There is a lot of "shininess" to the coin, but I don't want to confuse that with luster or disputable cartwheel effects (see 3rd pic). But just to make a guess, I say about AU58 or low MS.    |
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Bedrock of the Community
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Chatter in right obverse field might hold this to MS-64?  |
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I'm going to say MS-65 . Nice coin .  |
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@T-BOB, you see any frostiness on the coin to give it a mid MS grade? I don't really see it.
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Looks very nice, but it's really difficult to see the details of the right obverse field in this pic. I sense there's more going on there than those two little nicks above IN.
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I question this ones surface originality. MS64 tops, but it has the "brightness" look of an old MS70 cleaning.  |
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Upon scrutinizing this coin further I have to agree with
Ty2020b . I don't think that's original luster .
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A little ding on the sun and a couple small ticks on the rays...there's also a undiscernible mark near the rim between L and I? The reverse also has an area under the eagles beak going down towards it's 2nd feather...maybe just some chatter or a reflection. 3rd pic shows a small hit under the D in UNITED.
MS64
smat
Edited by smat45
03/31/2021 06:18 am
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here is one it would be nice to have in hand to rotate. luster there? MS65 not there? MS64. I'm not seeing anything thats telling me its AU. I'm not a toner person but the obverse has a nice gold tone
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Good news is I won the auction. Paid low MS money for it ($37).
Looking forward to examine the coin in hand. I will post pics when it arrives.
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WTG!  Looking fwd to seeing it! smat |
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After a very fast shipping, the coin arrived today. My photos taken with a cell phone camera are shown below.   I think the coin is nice, BUT now that I know what a toned coin actually looks like in-hand I think I will change the focus on my Half Dollar subset (back) to proofs. I don't think creating a toned Half Dollar subset will work out well enough for me. Also, my conversation with WineSteven in "the other" thread had an influence on that. Edited by NumisEd
04/05/2021 5:24 pm
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Looks like a nice MS-64 to me, one thing holding me back are the two nicks above "IN"
Nice well struck example
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04/05/2021 5:25 pm
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Certainly a most attractive example.
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