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Pillar of the Community
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I picked this one up years ago before joining the CCF. I think this one is a pretty obvious call, but what say the CCF?   |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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AU details. I think this one had an old cleaning and is re-toning.
IN NECESSARIIS UNITAS - IN DUBIIS LIBERTAS - IN OMNIBUS CARITAS THE MAN IN THE ARENA, Theodore Roosevelt at the Sorbonne Paris on April 23, 1910: " It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself in a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat." My coin website: https://fairfaxcoins.com |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Low AU details - kinda lifeless. Either cleaned with some type of solvent or over dipped.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
63514 Posts |
I agree, AU details.
Errers and Varietys.
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Bedrock of the Community
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nothing is an obvious call when you are talking capped busts  AU53 - I think she grades straight |
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For the right price, I like it as a hole filler. But I agree as well.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3836 Posts |
AU-50, but she would look pretty after being stored in a flip for a few years.
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she would look pretty after being stored in a flip for a few years. 
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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nice looking--it has character--
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Bedrock of the Community
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Pillar of the Community
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631 Posts |
Thanks for the feedback, everyone. This one had to have been dipped, it's devoid of luster and I don't see any hairlines. I agree that it's AU50ish, definitely experienced some circulation. Despite the dipping, I'll keep it unless I land something better, always keeping an eye out for upgrades.
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Despite the dipping, I'll keep it unless I land something better, always keeping an eye out for upgrades. 
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Pillar of the Community
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Not suggesting this but just noting it. Coins stored for a couple decades inside old cigar boxes tended to tone nicely. Those boxes were made from cedar or mahogany, just in case some of that wood is randomly near the coin, like an aromatic cedar closet or trunk, but not in a cigar box form. The result might be different if a particular coin sat for too long in one position, though. (The old coin cabinets, oddly enough, were usually made from cedar or mahogany. Quite the coincidence.)
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09/30/2025 3:07 pm
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Thank you for that perspective. |
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Pillar of the Community
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