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Bedrock of the Community
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I'll say VF-20, possibly 25, very attractive.
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01/03/2025 08:50 am
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Bedrock of the Community
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VF35 and looks very original.  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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I'll say VF.
Errers and Varietys.
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Pillar of the Community
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VF-30 and superb for the variety.
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Pillar of the Community
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VF details, cleaned. Need better pics to confirm the surfaces.
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Valued Member
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VF 20-25 IMO ... once again, LOVE these halves
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Bedrock of the Community
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Bedrock of the Community
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VF30 adjusting for strike
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Pillar of the Community
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Thank you for the feedback, everyone. I figured this was in the VF25-35 range. I still struggle at times with differentiating between strike weakness versus wear. I do wonder if this was soaked in acetone in the past due to the apparent minimal amount of organics on the surfaces and in the nooks and crannies of the devices. In hand, the coin looks exactly like the first pictures I posted. Here are a few more pics with heavy lighting. While I think it would straight grade, I have no plans to submit it. I like 'em raw!   |
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Pillar of the Community
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Surfaces look okay I guess so i'll change my grade to VF25
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Pillar of the Community
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I'd venture VF-30. Surfaces look good to me and eye appeal is likewise very nice.
Love this issue because of the awesome overdate. Someone posted another example a few months back that had damage or strike defect which partially obscured the overdate feature. Adam126402's coin really shows what the date should look like. Congrats on a fine addition to your raw collection!
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Jaobler, that previous posting was me, also. I actually picked this one up last September. Then a few months later I picked up the other damaged one that I returned. When I bought the other example, I figured I'd probably end up returning it but really wanted to see it in person just in case the overdate presented better in person than what I saw in the seller pics.
And thanks for the feedback, Jaobler. Same to you Ploopy, glad you stopped back to have a second look since you were leaning towards it being a details coin!
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Bedrock of the Community
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I still struggle at times with differentiating between strike weakness versus wear. the TPG's do as well. look at the star definition, date, denticles and clasp on the obverse. these are the most recessed devices on the die. on the reverse the lettering and shield are. these are the areas that are going to show the wear first. the other areas, being raised on the die, are going to be strike related as it takes more pressure to bring out more details I've spent several years looking at these and looking at slabbed grades to see how they interpret it. they are all over the place depending on who is looking at it. looking at yours, I had the wear on those high points in the VF35 range. the strike, like the entire profile being flat I would deduct for from 5 to 10 points. in this case I dropped my grade 5 points to VF30. is this the approach you should take? I don't know but this is how I approach them |
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Posted 01/03/2025 09:11 am
