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numismatic student Bedrock of the Community United States 11882 Posts	Posted 07/06/2017 4:46 pm Yes, second set of pictures do not show original surfaces. 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 Report this Post to the Staff
Loruca Valued Member Canada 242 Posts	Posted 07/06/2017 6:43 pm As much as I can't speak for what happened to the coin before it came in my hands, the only difference between the first and second set of pictures is a bad bit of lighting. mostly my fault for not being a good photographer. Thank you for your thoughts @Numismatic_Student but could you please clarify for me if you meant that the second set of pictures looked to you like a cleaned coin ( I would imagine it could look dipped) only when compared to the first set, or if something problematic stands out when looking at them alone? In truth I feel neither set of images capture the toning well. The low relief and deep toning on relatively mat fields makes it hard to get both to stand out well at the same time. Report this Post to the Staff
numismatic student Bedrock of the Community United States 11882 Posts	Posted 07/06/2017 8:37 pm Yes, the dark toning in the first pictures obscured the state of the surfaces. From the second set, you can see that the surfaces look rough and porous. A naturally worn coin from handling should have a smooth patina, perhaps with marks from being struck by other coins or objects. This coin looks like it has a surface that was altered with a chemical substance. Perhaps dipped too long. 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 Edited by numismatic student 07/06/2017 8:38 pm Report this Post to the Staff
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