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Bedrock of the Community
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Appreciate you sharing. I was 50/50 that my bid would prevail. I bid an amount that I would be happy with if it held and also happy to let go if it went over. I suppose that's what everyone bids though. Also $5,151 was a an odd number that seemed to make sense at the moment. I am also looking forward to seeing the coin in hand and hearing the community's thoughts on it before and after my in hand pics.
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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I'm at AU for the grade.
Errers and Varietys.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
36839 Posts |
Wow. A nice AU-55. This was one of the few dates I never got while building a set of Bust Halves in the late 1960's. I'm envious! Congrats on a great buy.
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Bedrock of the Community
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NS you are on a roll with these halves. how do you have them displayed. it would be really interesting to see them by date in an album but it sounds like you are just grabbing up what your eye is drawn to.
some crazy clashing going on as its pretty prominent. just assessing it by the photos presented I'm mid AU. I think the subdued or missing luster and eye appeal would keeo it out the 58 box so I'm going with AU55
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Bedrock of the Community
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NS you are on a roll with these halves. how do you have them displayed. it would be really interesting to see them by date in an album Thank you to all for sharing your thoughts. @Panzaldi - I keep them in a safe. Mainly I look at them in photos online and I recently posted a date run here, to be updated soon with the 1815/2 and 1837 examples. https://goccf.com/t/484078IN 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.comEdited by numismatic student
10/04/2025 10:43 am
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Moderator
 United States
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I can see a lower AU here.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I think it is accurate grade. With the image cannot tell if the surfaces would pass as original. Excellent example of a rarity. Do you plan to submit to PCGS or NGC?
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Do you plan to submit to PCGS or NGC? I don't think so. I value the CCF grade more than any TPG grade.  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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Quote:I don't think so. I value the CCF grade more than any TPG grade.  |
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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.comEdited by numismatic student
10/06/2025 6:20 pm
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Very nice!  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
890 Posts |
That's definitely a winner! I could see it making AU.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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very much undergraded. nice amount of luster. she's really close to 58. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Very nice, I'm still at AU-55. What looks like wear is more strike issue than actual wear. The right half of the eagle gives you a good idea on the amount of wear.
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Posted 10/03/2025 9:12 pm
