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Do You Still Call it an Upgrade????

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jackson64

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the grade's the same, the registry points are the same, BUT....

Well it seems as if there are more than 2 potential upgrades left for my set.

Last I journaled about my Walking Liberty Half short set I was lamenting that there were only 2 possible coins left in the set that I could afford to upgrade- NUMERICALLY upgrade that is. It seems that I have found another way to spend silly amounts of money for a coin that I already own one of--and not even in a higher grade either. Perusing the perplexing hoard of MS67's at the recent Stacks/Bowers auctions I saw several examples of both the 1943-D and the 1945. It would seem logical to most that since mI had the money set aside for one upgrade that I would try and snag one of these 2 dates and get nearer completion of my "max budget" set.

Ridiculous as it seems, instead I saw a 1942 ( possibly the most common date MS Walker) that caught me. I was snared right from the get-go. The coin has those crusty flecks of rainbow color around the rim with limes and violets mixed with deep golds and the veridian blues-- a perfect sister coin to about 3 others in my set.

I set a rock solid bid ( after all there were SEVEN !! other 1942 MS67's in this auction !!). Turns out that the coin I wanted sold for the highest and I barely eked out the win by bidding an "off amount" of 11 dollars more than the normal $50/$100 bid increments. It would appear that I am not alone in my tastes for this eye-appeal and look in a Walker.

So, do I view this as an "upgrade" considering it is graded the same as my existing coin and not worth a point more in my registry set, or is it just me being a bit OCD or exhibiting a hoarding mentality? Either way, it looks like I won't be complete with my Walker set ever if I am always looking for a slightly nicer looking coin to replace existing coins with. This somehow makes me happy.

Here's the auction picture of my newest treasure...I'll try and post a picture of the coin it is replacing on the chat boards.

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