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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Thoughts on grade and problems? Thanks!   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
3164 Posts |
color looks highly suspect to me.
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Bedrock of the Community
 United States
11898 Posts |
What makes you suspect the color?
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
564 Posts |
It does not look "natural".
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
12057 Posts |
Fake toning.
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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I'd advise caution. Yes monster commems like this exist but there are some ebay sellers out there that have large inventories of suspect offerings, some of them in TPG holders. Perhaps they are gassing them post TPG encapsulation. Does the TPG cert page for this coin have any photos and what do they look like? |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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AU sharpness, artificial toning.
I would never pay a high price for a coin that looks like this raw, and if I were inclined to buy coins like this, which I am not, I would hesitate to take a third party grader's word for it on this piece. I don't think that the toning is natural.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1662 Posts |
Artificially toned. And ugly.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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ANA Summer Seminar has a class this year on how to detect artificial toning. It's already sold out.
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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Bedrock of the Community
Canada
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The toning does not look natural to me either.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
11898 Posts |
NGC holdered this with UNC details - altered color. Looks like this coin doctor didn't fool anyone.
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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Yea when first seeing this right now on my flight to NY I could tell the color was highly suspect.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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look cool , i'll give you $1.00 for it
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