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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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Wow - Gorgeous (and expensive) coin!
I'll go MS64FB as well.
Take a look at my other hobby ... http://www.jk-dk.art |
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Pillar of the Community
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Oh my. Wow. MS66FB. Don't see any marks but maybe I'm in awe.
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Pillar of the Community
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HOLY COW AND A HALF BATMAN! I'd put it at 64+ or maybe MS-65.  |
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I am green with envy.   |
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Bedrock of the Community
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Virtually no marks. MS-65FSB minimum. Gorgeous!
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Pillar of the Community
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My turn  I'll go with MS-64 FBEdit: I would be afraid to buy one of these that is not authenticated and graded. Edited by CoinForMe
Yesterday 2:11 pm
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Pillar of the Community
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Beautiful and exceptional quality. At least 65+ to these oldman eyes of mine.
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Y O W Z A !
I'm an old guy and I've seen a lot, but I've never seen a 1916-D that beautiful before. There may be others that claim a higher technical grade, but eye appeal matters, and this coin has it. My buyer's agent eyes saw the very light scratch beneath the nose and the even lighter one across the axe face, tiny contacts in the lower hair and two diagonal bands on the reverse, and the possible minor lamination on the reverse rim at 3:00, but didn't see anything else. This one is fantastic on every level.
This is a rock solid mid-UNC. IMHO, it could land at MS-65 FB, but the eye appeal could make it trade higher.
Just a quick story, because I'm old and can't resist. When I was still young, and Jurassic Park was every neighborhood playground, I heard the story from time to time of an entire roll of BU 1916-D dimes that one of the area dealers was sitting on. I never saw it, but several local dealers said they did. I've always wondered if many of the top grade coins could have come from that roll.
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Pillar of the Community
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What a nice 1916-D! I'll say MS65 FB with exceptional eye appeal maybe even a 65+!
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Bedrock of the Community
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I'll say MS-65 FB's. Nice coin!
Errers and Varietys.
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I am no expert on grading but I have never seen one that looks better than that one. I am in awe.
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