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Pillar of the Community
United States
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What would you grade this one?   |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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64
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
36906 Posts |
NGC or PCGS I'd say MS-64, CAC I'd say MS-63.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
589 Posts |
I think a high end 63 here.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
7115 Posts |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I'll say MS-63 as well. There's some pretty big bag marks.
Errers and Varietys.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3675 Posts |
That's a decent strike for 1884. The coin has great luster. The obverse fields are very nice. The cheek has a little too much for MS-64. The reverse has quite a bit of chatter in the fields, but the central devices are better. I think it's MS-63 on a bourse floor, but the eye appeal could bump it to MS-63+.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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MS-63 for me. Really a nice coin!
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Pillar of the Community
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Bedrock of the Community
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cant quite tell if the black line north/south across the jaw is recessed. if it is then that could be an issue. barring that MS63
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Lower-mid MS. A good looking coin to me.  |
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Pillar of the Community
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Most of you got this correct. It has great luster, clean field obverse fields, pretty sure it would be a 64 at other grading companies. The reverse hits may have brought this one down. I'm fine with it being assigned MS-63.  |
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Excellent!  |
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Posted 06/02/2026 6:16 pm
