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Thanks for the all the kind comments. @LeroyZ - not really an expert - a student - but my take is that what you are seeing could be rub, or a shadow or the lit vs dark portion of a reflection, kind of how when a coin cartwheels, there are dark and lit portions on the coin. It is difficult to tell from a photo for everyone. Sometimes there is a difference in the texture of the surface and that helps but doesn't seem to be the case here. @adam - yes, it is in a slab and I will post the TPG grade in a couple of days. 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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That's a mega clashed half...me likey....lovely coin
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I would say MS-64 as well. Beautiful coin.
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Lovely example!  |
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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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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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thats a pretty big scratch over the bust. they were quite lenient on that one.
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thats a pretty big scratch over the bust. they were quite lenient on that one. panzaldi, From the OP pictures, I think I see " Die Clashes", not scratches... |
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Correct, those are die clashes. Typical for the O-109. I think the grade is accurate.
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Feels undergraded especially with that luster and the amount of minimal tics. Very nice coin imo.
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63 ?  Oregon coin geek.....*** GO BEAVS ! ! ! ***
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I think I see "Die Clashes", not scratches... Ya my bad. thats some serious clashes especially the motto above the date. jeez they had that stamp cranked up. you can see the flow lines along the rims anyways, the reason I had her at 63 and not 64 was mainly due to the missing luster across the cheek and bust area. I could see it with a + though the lighting is not the best as there are shadows in several areas |
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