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There were two different books at the store, a large one and a smaller one. They looked like the same only difference in size, I bought the smaller one.
It does not have anything in the index for Walker .50s.
I have a Walker 1928 D that is in an envelope from 20 years ago that is market XF-AU or XF-HU as I am not sure of the handwriting. It is market $100. and idea of the current value?
I have several other Walkers from the same time period as well.
Thanks,
Darryl
***Edited by Staff to remove YELLING***
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Pillar of the Community
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I'm not a Walking Liberty expert so I pulled out my RedBook....I'm not showing a 1928D. Are you sure you are reading the label right....might need to check the coin. There's a 1928S valued at $150 in XF, & a 1938D in XF for $165. Maybe someone familiar with Walking Liberty halves would be more helpful. |
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Rest in Peace
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hmmm...the 1928-D walker does not exist. Are you sure you got the date and mint mark right? $100 sounds about what a 1929-d would be worth in that grade.
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If it's a "28D" it is a counterfeit.Ck the coin again,   if you could please post a pic. |
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Pictures would be good. And it seems like this is in the same vein as the Grading Cross References post. No need to post twice - one post should get you the answers you need.
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Bedrock of the Community
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I'm confused. The Red Book by Whitman Publishing does have the Walking Liberty halves on pages 199 and 200 in the 2010 edition. Pages 201 and 202 in the 2011 edition. Index in the front only lists the first page for all half dollars. Footnote on page 200 of the 2010 version says "Pieces dated 1928D are counterfeit" If not a fake, you have the only one ever minted and that would be worth more than a few hundred dollars. Look carefully. It may be a S rather damaged. Regardless you mentioned there were two Red Books there. One large and one small. Yes Whitman is now making a larger version for us older people. Those don't fall out of our hands so easily.  Edited by just carl
08/11/2010 10:35 pm
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Sorry guys, I made a typo it is a 1938 not a 28. Thankds for the info about where to find the walkers. I just got the book and have not even looked past the index. I see the values now. Now I just have to figure out how to grade it since the envelope shows a XF-AU and that is not shown in the Red Book. I was going to post pictures of it but can't see how to do it in a reply? |
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I just got finished looking at the other posts I have made and see that I have been repremended for post in too many places.
I am a member of many other Internet web sites and don't understand this. On others you typically introduce yourself in a welcome forum or new member and give some info on what you are interested in. Then you try to find another forum that is correct for a different subject as I did with the commemorative. When I did this I was asked to moved it to one of my other posts? Why do you have a forum for commemoratives then?
I posted a question about grading cross references and was repremended for this?
Someone pleas explain.
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I am not even sure if I am starting in the correct forum for what I want. I also note that all-caps have been removed from your posts. It would seem that you are still learning Internet posting protocol, Darryl, as well as which forums to use here on CCF. Welcome. Please re-read jbuck's comment carefully, as it tells you all you need to know. You were not reprimanded; you were given advice on how to post in this forum. Come back; post often; follow normal Internet protocol; and if you learn only a fraction of what I've learned here in the past two years, you'll be a very well-informed collector, indeed. |
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I posted a question about grading cross references and was repremended for this? As pls said, you were not really reprimanded, just trying to help you out.  Please keep in mind is that we are not like every other forum. We actually make an effort to keep things tidy here. We are not perfect, but we do the best we can. We cannot expect every new member to know every rule of etiquette, so we try to be nice when we point out the mistakes. Quote:
I was going to post pictures of it but can't see how to do it in a reply? If these are these images that you need to upload to the forum, you will have to use the "Reply to Topic" link. You cannot upload photos in the Quick Reply. If these are photos at an external hosting service, then you can use the Quick Replay. You just put [im in front of the image link and then [/im after it. For example: [im g]ht tp://photohostingservice.org/image000.jpg[/im g] |
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Here are a couple of pictures of the 1938D walker that I have. The 20 year old grading on the envelope shows XF-AU. If XF equates to EF-40 do you think that the grader was trying to say it was bordering on about uncirculated? These coins have been stored in paper envelopes for the last 20 years. Does this do damage to the coins?  Also should a coin like this be sonic cleaned? If so will it then possibly show more mint luster, or once it is gone is it gone? I have several other coins that have mint luster but also have some toning on them can anything be done about that? |
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other side.  |
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Please understand that my scanner brought these pictures into my photo program as very light images. I increased the contrast and sharpened the images with my photo program but the images are really poor representations of the coin. Should I have just posted them the way the scanner picked them up?
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Bedrock of the Community
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WOW, either my monitor needs cleaning or the obverse of that coin is all messed up. My suggestion is to try an Acetone dip.
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Hi Darryl, welcome to the forum. Quote:
These coins have been stored in paper envelopes for the last 20 years. Does this do damage to the coins? The black coloration on the high points is silver tarnish, probably from sulfur embedded in the paper the envelopes were made from. Quote:
Also should a coin like this be sonic cleaned? If so will it then possibly show more mint luster, or once it is gone is it gone? I have several other coins that have mint luster but also have some toning on them can anything be done about that? A sonic cleaner won't remove the tarnish. If the mint luster is gone, there's no way to restore it. Cleaning this coin with silver dip might make this coin look better, but it's just as likely to make the coin look worse. Collectors don't like coins that "look cleaned" and will pay less, not more, for them. I'd suggest not trying to clean the coin at all. Quote:
My suggestion is to try an Acetone dip. Acetone won't do anything to tarnish either. If the coin had been sitting in a nasty plastic coin album for 20 years, then acetone might have helped. Quote:
I increased the contrast and sharpened the images with my photo program... Should I have just posted them the way the scanner picked them up? Let's try it and see.  Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis
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Do you use straight acetone or do you dilute it? Is this a safe way to clean all coins? Is it safe for coins that still have mint luster?
As I said above, these coins were stored in paper envelopes and this one was market as XF-AU so I am thinking that stored this way for 20 years may have caused this discoloration.
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