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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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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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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I'll go with MS-64.
Errers and Varietys.
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Bedrock of the Community
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what the heck are the discolored areas on both sides? MS...maybe. straight grade? not sure
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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MS details. Possibly cleaned and looks like some tooling marks below the chin.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Obverse fingerprints
Unc Details, cleaned/lightly wiped
Member ANA - EAC - TNA - SSDC - CCT #890 "Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossible before they were done." -- Louis D. Brandeis |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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It does looked potentially cleaned. Unc Details - Cleaned with these photos
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Reverse looks gem, commonly found on the 1879S r79 Morgans. I agree that it looks to have some cleaning hairlines. I'm guessing the marks under the chin may be a fingerprint over a planchet flaw or gouge?
"Nummi rari mira sunt, si sumptus ferre potes." - Christophorus filius Scotiae
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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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Looks like the MS/Det crowd had it right. A little sad - this looks like it may be a PL coin.
"Nummi rari mira sunt, si sumptus ferre potes." - Christophorus filius Scotiae
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I'm not seeing the cleaning. Is it the cloudy area under UNITED? I do see a fingerprint between PL, scrape under the UN (UNUM), Reed Marks in the field by the neck. MS63 Words of encouragement are one of the major food groups.
We need to consume them regularly to thrive and grow.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Fingerprints are at E PLUR and under the chin Obverse is the problematic side, so to speak, multiple hairlines in the field in front of the bust and across the cheek, and two fairly noticeable hits in front of the chin at S2-S4. Reverse is mostly die file lines (not PMD) but there are a few some non-directional hairlines there as well. I'd give it about a 40% chance of straight grading. Member ANA - EAC - TNA - SSDC - CCT #890 "Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossible before they were done." -- Louis D. Brandeis |
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