1921 D Walking Liberty Half Dollar

Almost any coin nowadays worth over $100 has been counterfeited. Yours would naturally depend on the grade. IF in really high grade you should do the following:
1. Make sure you know the seller real well.
2. Asl if you can pay with a check.
3. Have a written statement that the coin is returnable for the full amount.
4. Send to a TPGS for authenticating.
5. Pending on the price, take a chance.

It's a shame and black eye on numismatics when almost all nice coins considered for purchase need to be looked at with a skeptical eye. The counterfeiters are even putting slabbed fakes with "net" grades on them to give the illusion of honesty. AAGHH ! Glad I found most of my nice coins a zillion years ago in change from my paper route.

Yeah these days, it is hard now to find a good coin that is real. I would think technology has increased this problem. There is a large marketplace, aka ebay, with a large customer base, and information sites that help people be aware of fakes or help make better ones.

I forgot to add the coin should grade G or so if I remember correctly.

Yeah thats a good site. I will check it out. Thanks for all the comments and suggestions. The coin dealer said he will hold it for me and I will be there next week to take some pictures.

Here are the pictures...




So what do you all think it should grade? It looks better than AG, but not much G? How about what you all think it should go for in AG? It looked better when I remembered it... I guess not.

If you want it, get it. Unless you see yourself not enjoying it in the future, and wishing that you had a higher grade piece, go for it. I have a coin dealer who gave me a nice EF-40 1921 Peace dollar for $100. He likes my business and he gives me deals all the time.

Looks OK to me so if it was me, I'd go for that one. I used to think that counterfeiters only made coins in high grades so they could sell them for some great prices. HOWEVER, a dealer at a coin show showed me a few fakes that were all worn looking. He explained that some counterfeiters are smart enough to want to sell by quantity so they make low grade, not exceptionally expensive coins. Then they sell a real lot of them. AND, so few people ever send in a low valued coin for authenticating. A great example of that is the probably millions of reprocessed 1943 Lincoln Cents. Worn, sell for maybe a few cents but reprocessed sell for $0.25 and up. Some go for $1.