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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
02/07/2018 12:22 am
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2125 Posts |
Once you get it, check to see of the hair was tooled. I'd like to see some of your pics once received. XF-45
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Bedrock of the Community
 United States
11898 Posts |
will do. what indicates to you that it might be tooled? also, looks lds or vlds? strike seems pretty sharp for a die late in its life, I think.
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
 United States
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Some of the obverse features look a little too 'cut in' to me ... i.e. the mouth.. ... and a questionable area to the left of the L in liberty. LDS coin.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
11898 Posts |
This being LDS, I am surprised that it has no cracks. One of the favorite things I love about this coin are the leaves to the left of the H in HALF. Those leaves show the fully struck exterior raised outline of the two leaves. Love seeing that kind of detail on an early copper coin.
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
11898 Posts |
I think that I was able to attribute this coin as Cohen-10 (C-10) and Breen-9 (B-9). The diagnostics are the 4 in the date (1804) higher than the 180 and the 4 close to the 0. On the reverse there is a Cud that attaches the R in AMERICA to the rim. The 2 in the 200 in the fraction is high relative to the 00. C-9/B-8 has a 4 that is further away from the 180 in the date. 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
United States
8518 Posts |
Somebody's been working on it, the surfaces. He's been retoning it, color isn't quite right.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
10982 Posts |
It looks very well struck and the color would be my concern. Devices appear high AU and it's a $1,000 coin if problem-free.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
8715 Posts |
The color may be a problem. AU if problem-free.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
94367 Posts |
Color worries me a bit as well. The whole appearance is almost too good to be true.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
18696 Posts |
surfaces were altered. i'll pass. something is not right
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Pillar of the Community
United States
8715 Posts |
Run from this deal. Something is not right about this coin.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3210 Posts |
something seems off on this coin. I think it has been doctored to look original....I am thinking it has been cleaned and someone is attempting to pass it off as a coin that will grade straight. My assessment AU details cleaned....among other possible things. Definitely post better pics when you do get it.
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Bedrock of the Community
Canada
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From those pictures, I am at AU-50 (with no call on surface originality).
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
11898 Posts |
This came in. The reverse has bright blue splashes but I could not capture it in these pics. Maybe I'll try again later. Don't see evidence of tooling.   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
11898 Posts |
I chatted with Rick Gross who is an early U.S. copper expert and long time EAC member. He feels the surfaces appear original enough for the TPG gods. He also confirmed my attribution of Cohen-10.  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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