I didn't expect it to last forever

When I made my last post, I had just achieved a Top 10 ranking in all of the circulation strike Walking Liberty half dollar categories. I said at the time I was sure it wouldn't last. So congratulations to mkm4mkm who recently bumped me out of the #10 spot in the full set listings (by 26 points!).

My only collecting action in the last six weeks was the Heritage auction the first of June. I won one Walker (a 1946, NGC MS-67) and a couple of PF-70UC silver eagles. THe Walker is pictured below.

Interesting that the Mint has sold about 125k two-coin sets of the San Francisco Silver Eagles in the first week. Last October, they sold out of 100k five-coin sets in less than eight hours. Taking the limit off of the mintage seems to have reduced the interest (speculation?) in the coins. I haven't ordered any of the new sets - the price looks high for "unlimited" mintage coins. By the time you add postage and NGC grading fees, I can probably do just as well buying them already graded later this year. We'll see.

Congratulations to the new #10 (mkm4mkm) and good luck to the rest of the Society.

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