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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.comEdited by numismatic student
10/04/2025 09:06 am
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Pillar of the Community
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I almost bid on that today but decided to pass. It looks like a n excellent buy. Looking forward to seeing your pictures once it arrives. Congrats on the win.
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Thanks Adam. I wasn't sure that I was going to win. My bid limit was just $19 above the price it realized and it was a crazy dash to the end on this auction. For those who may be interested: https://www.ebay.com/itm/277399677641 . The listing has the TPG grade. Just curious, what did you think would win this listing before it ended? 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.comEdited by numismatic student
10/03/2025 7:08 pm
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Part of the reason I decided not to bid is I just came across it late last night and really didn't have time to take a closer look and figure out what my max bid would be. I was thinking it would go for at least $1k more. Had the auction been closing on Sunday night with better pictures, I think it could have easily fetched more. Based on the not so great pictures, I think the grade given looks reasonable. Greysheet retail for the grade is about $2,600 more.
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10/03/2025 7:31 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
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Appreciate you sharing. I was 50/50 that my bid would prevail. I bid an amount that I would be happy with if it held and also happy to let go if it went over. I suppose that's what everyone bids though. Also $5,151 was a an odd number that seemed to make sense at the moment. I am also looking forward to seeing the coin in hand and hearing the community's thoughts on it before and after my in hand pics.
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
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I'm at AU for the grade.
Errers and Varietys.
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Pillar of the Community
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Bedrock of the Community
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Wow. A nice AU-55. This was one of the few dates I never got while building a set of Bust Halves in the late 1960's. I'm envious! Congrats on a great buy.
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NS you are on a roll with these halves. how do you have them displayed. it would be really interesting to see them by date in an album but it sounds like you are just grabbing up what your eye is drawn to.
some crazy clashing going on as its pretty prominent. just assessing it by the photos presented I'm mid AU. I think the subdued or missing luster and eye appeal would keeo it out the 58 box so I'm going with AU55
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Bedrock of the Community
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NS you are on a roll with these halves. how do you have them displayed. it would be really interesting to see them by date in an album Thank you to all for sharing your thoughts. @Panzaldi - I keep them in a safe. Mainly I look at them in photos online and I recently posted a date run here, to be updated soon with the 1815/2 and 1837 examples. https://goccf.com/t/484078
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.comEdited by numismatic student
10/04/2025 10:43 am
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