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Bedrock of the Community
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So how about it, NS - what are your thoughts after all this back-and-forth?  |
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Bedrock of the Community
 United States
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In-hand it looks MS with full booming uninterrupted cartwheel luster. There are some bagmarks and it looks choice to me. Anywhere in the 62-64 range. It does not have discoloration or spots, which makes the surfaces very even in color and quite pleasing. No thoughts of sending it back.
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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full booming uninterrupted cartwheel luster. Then what's going on around the date? Die polishing? Because to me the luster sure looks Interrupted in that area. Fields in between/haloing 1895 do not look affected, but the fields surrounding the date sure look like scratches to me. If these were die polishing lines, they would come right up to the devices, but not pass over, and not leave that haloed effect of undisturbed luster. That said, I'm not savvy with this series/gold in general, so someone enlighten me if this is a common occurrence. IMO, shouldn't make a difference. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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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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Pillar of the Community
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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Excellent luster, although I still think the hairlines at the date would detail it. Regardless, any gold purchase a few years ago was a great buy!
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Still a great purchase!  It's good that you kept it, since gold prices went up. Errers and Varietys.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Excellent photos, NS. Which phone did you go with?
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I have a samsung galaxy s25fe which is the low end galaxy version. Got it because it ended up costing $250 after discounts and trade in at tmobile. Plenty awesome even though it isn't their flagship phone.
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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 United States
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Looking good! |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3848 Posts |
Great new photos.
Suffering from bust half fever. Want to learn how to attribute early half dollars by die variety? Click Here: http://goccf.com/t/434955Shoot me a PM if you are looking to sell bust halves. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Thank you for your kind comments.  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
Australia
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It seems that the hairlines around the date are on the field AS WELL as the date, suggesting that they are post mint.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Absolutely gorgeous coin by the way !
Oregon coin geek.....*** GO BEAVS ! ! ! ***
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I'll stand by my original assessment of 63. Lovely coin to these even now older eyes!
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