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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
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Appears to be a bit under graded. I'll say MS-62.
Errers and Varietys.
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Appears to be a bit under graded. I'll go with: MS63 |
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I am at MS64. But just barely.
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The coin certainly is in a later die state, with pretty heavy die clashes, some die polishing, and several interesting die cracks. The "1" is definitely doubled, and possibly the "18" or "188." There is a nice crack from OF to the first "A" of AMERICA, through the eagle's left wing. I'm not sure how much of what is on the chin is die polishing or a rusted die and how much is from contact marks. The gash across the cheek is pretty long and deep. I'm comfortable with MS-63 now, but could be persuaded a full step higher if the chin looks better in hand than the photos currently suggest. Overall, this is a nice coin, and certainly should be fun to VAM. |
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This is the type of Morgan that I like - lots of interesting die anomalies. The reverse die was just about finished. If I had to guess, I'd say this was a VAM-6b - let us know what you find.
"Nummi rari mira sunt, si sumptus ferre potes." - Christophorus filius Scotiae
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reverse a little weak for the year. maybe just a few too many marks on the cheek to pull a 64. I'm at MS63 as well
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Great price and buy with where silver is sitting currently
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Nice! I'm at 63. The lighting on some parts of obverse might be washing out some detail that could put this higher, potentially same effect but without light on eagles chest.
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