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Pillar of the Community
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Hello, all. I'm considering bidding on this for my 7070 type set, but I don't have much experience with Walking Liberty half dollars. The head and stars look nice and sharp to me, but would you consider it a true FD coin? The ANA Grading Standards book states you should look at the skirt lines plus "other features." Thanks for any input!   |
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Rest in Peace
United States
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It sure looks Mint State to me! And very attractive at that. Maybe MS-63/64.
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Pillar of the Community
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It is an MS coin, but that doesn't necessarily mean it's FD.
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Moderator
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That's a beauty, I'm going to say MS-64.
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Valued Member
United States
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It is a pretty good strike. The place to look for a full strike is libertys left hand. Check on Heritage archives site and look at several MS66 and 67 photos. Look at the hand. If the thumb is sharp and distinct then the strike is about as good as possible.
Hope this helps, Gary
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Rest in Peace
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I guess I need a definition of what "full details" as I haven't heard that as a designation before. Depending on how strict it is, one could argue that only the first few coins fully struck from brand spanking new dies would have full details. Does your ANA book have a specific definition? Anyways, it looks very well struck to me..likely EDS as well, but I'll submit to someone with more knowlege. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Johnny, full details does mean literally every detail of the design is present. It does involve newer, well aligned dies with a strong full strike. Coins of different type, year and mint mark can vary dramatically with the number of (FD) coins that were minted.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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The softest areas of strike on a WLH are the typically the skirt lines and the left hand, look for a well formed thumb.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Looks pretty sharp to me. You might not care for the toning when you have the coin in hand. Looks like roll toning and may be more brown than the picture shows.
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Valued Member
United States
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I don't like the toning either.I would be tempted to massage it with some MS 70 with a q-tip.But,that's just me...
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New Member
United States
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The detail is certainly there but the toning will hold the value, especially the resale value, down.
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Rest in Peace
United States
5375 Posts |
I love the coin, 'full detail' or not. It's a reasonably strong strike anyhow.
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Posted 12/30/2009 12:25 pm
