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1916 S Walking Liberty Grading Help

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 Posted 10/15/2023  10:24 am Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add Enyaw to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
My Grandfather left me a glass jar of mostly Canadian half dollars but there were also a few American half dollars in it as well.
From what I could find online this coin has the lowest mintage of the bunch. I don't have experience with American coins so I would appreciate any thoughts on grade, value etc. that the community would be willing to share. I had already put it in a 2x2 flip so the photos are of the coin in the 2x2. Thanks



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 Posted 10/15/2023  11:05 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add kanga to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
That diamond shape around the mintmark would make me cautious.
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 Posted 10/15/2023  11:15 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Coinfrog to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
That aside, I'll say G-04.
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 Posted 10/15/2023  11:17 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add nfine to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I'm not convinced that coin started out with a mint mark, there appears to be a lot going on in that area.
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 Posted 10/15/2023  11:43 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Coinfrog to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
And yet, there would be no reason for tool marks to be there if a MM was added, rather than altered.
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 Posted 10/15/2023  11:53 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add kbbpll to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I see a lot of them on Heritage where the mint mark appears to be in a depression, and in G4 many that look just like this one. Example below. Therefore I don't have concerns that it's altered. It looks slightly better than G4 but not sure if it makes G6. If G5 was a grade I'd say that. Value $80-120?

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 Posted 10/15/2023  11:24 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Errers and Varietys to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Good condition.
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 Posted 10/16/2023  08:55 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add panzaldi to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
w/kbbpll G6 $80-100
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 Posted 10/16/2023  08:58 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Coinfrog to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Agree this is genuine.
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 Posted 10/16/2023  09:18 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add nickelsearcher to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Agree with a grade of G4. Looks genuine to my eye.
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 Posted 10/17/2023  03:01 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add paralyse to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Real, original, G4, if the rims were a tad stronger she would be close to G6

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 Posted 11/04/2023  1:55 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add IndianGoldEagle to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
G-4 and genuine.
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