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Bedrock of the Community
 United States
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Really... Wow, I thought it was MS. I am just terrible at this.
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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Rest in Peace
United States
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Try to take your photos right side up so we can properly grade your coins without straining our necks . I'm not sure about the obverse but the reverse shows zero eye appeal .  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Hi T-BOP. I will respectfully disagree. This is one of my favorite coins due to the even frosted luster on the entire coin. The reverse is especially striking and naturally frosted. To me it has tremendous eye appeal. Understand it may notbe your cup of tea. Thanks for showing me that eye appeal differs from person to person. How do you like SLQs to look for best eye appeal?
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
11902 Posts |
And of course my apologies for not aligning the photos correctly. Will be more attentive to that going forward. Thanks for sharing your expertise with me.
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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Rest in Peace
United States
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< numismatic_ student > , Actually I never heard of frosted luster on a circulated business strike . But hey if you like it ,that's fine . I like circulated SLQ's with 100% original skin .  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I have seen lot of frosted luster on AU coins. It is much rarer on XF. Walkers, SLQs, Peace $s and seated issues. Some barbers and morgans but are def scarcer. Love the look of uniform frosted luster. The coin in this thread, if AU is a circ coin with frosted luster.
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
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AU-55 from what I can tell. Definitely hard on the neck!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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AU-55. These can be a bear to grade.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I like the front view of the coin. The reverse does not appeal to me IMO. I like to see them clean and silvery looking. I would need to see it close up I think to make a better judgement.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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The original inverted out-of-focus obverse photo makes a sensible grading opinion almost impossible.
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11/30/2016 8:38 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
Canada
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
11902 Posts |
Hard as I tried, I couldn't get better pics than this. Rotated them though.   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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Rest in Peace
United States
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Middle AU, probably AU-55. I might be tempted to use a little pure acetone on the reverse in hope of removing the dirty color shown on high points and fields.
No scrubbing, but if that color was removed I think it would be more attractive to most.
I like this coin, even with the reverse dark areas.
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Posted 11/30/2016 09:09 am
