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What a beauty!
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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Lovely coin!! I agree, tough to find attractive and reasonable examples.
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Very nice.  Congratulations. Take a look at my other hobby ... http://www.jk-dk.art |
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Fantastic! |
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Given the risk of fakery and details, I settled for a straight grade AG-3.
"Two minutes ago I would have sold my chances for a tired dime." Fred Astaire
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thq,I was a little concerned myself buying this as a raw coin. but I brought it to another coin dealer I frequent and do a lot of business with and as a courtesy to me, he authenticated it and put it under a microscope just so I don't get any surprises, some years down the road.
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I did the same thing with a 1794 Half Dime that came back from NGC as a no-grade, and was offered to me at a very attractive price. My go-to dealer thought is was the real thing, and that's good enough for me. Your 1889-CC looks pretty nice compared to my AG-3. "Two minutes ago I would have sold my chances for a tired dime." Fred Astaire
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Gorgeous eye appeal; beautiful consistent grey tone with patina in the recesses.
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Congrats! That was the best way to acquire a coveted date. I live in a small town and the only LCS is run by an amiable lunatic who hardly sources anything anymore. I had to dip into my daughter's college fund to get this one through an HA auction:  |
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What a score! You've gotta be on cloud nine.
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About 4 months ago, while I was in my LCS , a lady came in and showed us some coins and one was a 1889 CC similar to the one pictured here. They offered $1000. But she said she was going to give it to her son. She inferred that he really didn't have an interest in coins. Let's hope he is not an idiot and pawns it.#128580; A lovely coin and a wonderful album you have there.
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