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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Picked this up for $166 which I thought was a good price given how it looks for the grade. The typical weak strike in the center is more pronounced in the obverse than in the reverse whereas the opposite is usually the case. Thoughts? Thanks!   The Overton 104 is easily identifiable because of the odd shape of the 8s in the date.  Below is a plate coin for the Overton-104 from the maibock online reference.  I was wondering what this is in the right obverse field. I think it is a planchet defect, but let me know what you think. You can also see on the right side of the image that star 12 appears to have been repunched.  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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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I'm thinking low VF for the grade.
Errers and Varietys.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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VF-25 possibly 30. Nice coin with usual strike weakness.
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Bedrock of the Community
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grade depends how how much they ding it for strike.
net VF20
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Can't comment on grade because I'm not well-versed in these CB coins. But I really like the anomaly in the date!
"Nummi rari mira sunt, si sumptus ferre potes." - Christophorus filius Scotiae
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Seems like a good buy for the price. In addition to the date, I like the die artifacts/gouges. On the obverse by the R in liberty and on the reverse below the talons and connected to the stem. They don't look like cracks and they are present on the O-104 examples I looked at on PCGS. I really enjoy the imperfections associated with CBH coming out of the mint back then.
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Bedrock of the Community
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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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It's a perfectly fine coin for the price. As you said, it looks very original. I'm in the low VF camp.
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