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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I also like this coin a lot. Opinions on 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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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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A bit of wear on feathers and breast, nice toning and luster, I'd say AU58.
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Valued Member
United States
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AU 58/MS-60
On the obverse, there are quite a few scratches on Liberty's lower dress especially a bigger one by her foot near the date. The fields look solid on the front. Then on the reverse, the eagles feathers seem to have lost some details probably by being gently handled.
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Bedrock of the Community
Canada
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That's pretty close to MS but, I'll say AU-58, nice one..  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Rest in Peace
United States
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AU-58- MS60 , Coin has obverse chatter .  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4337 Posts |
flow lines seem evident on the obverse
could be weak strike
tough call without coin in hand
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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AU-58, looks like PVC. Acetone! Quick!
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Bedrock of the Community
Canada
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Bedrock of the Community
 United States
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New obverse pic and rotated reverse. Lmk if obverse is better (or worse).   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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preview looks right side up but posted pic publishes rotated.  Using Irfanview now as recommended. 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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Think I figured it out. Stripped the picture orientation tag from my 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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Rest in Peace
United States
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This one is tough. Luster seems undisturbed and it's tough to tell if the loss of detail on the high points are actually rub from circulation or typical weak strike seen on almost all of this date/mm.
Rotation in hand to insure full luster is about the only way I'd be able to decide between high AU and MS-63.
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