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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I remember buying this years ago. Thoughts on grade? Thanks!   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
Norway
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The pics are a bit blurry, but I'd say somewhere near VF-4X or so.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4337 Posts |
way too blurry
VF35 based on this
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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
6370 Posts |
Looks AU with a crappy strike. Looks cleaned as well.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2125 Posts |
XF-40 weak strike. Something going on inside the "3" RPD?
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Bedrock of the Community
Canada
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Bedrock of the Community
 United States
18717 Posts |
i agree with AU details. obverse strike is weak
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Bedrock of the Community
 United States
11912 Posts |
Retook picture of Reverse as it was very fuzzy.   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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Nicer photos help. EF details, cleaned. Very close to AU. Especially nice strike on Reverse with all star separations visible.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
11912 Posts |
Weird how the obv strike seems weak but rev strike seems sharp. One die better than the other? The force of the strike should be the same right?
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
11912 Posts |
Also the obv lettering and date look sharp while the wreath looks weak. My first guess was that this was a well struck coin with wear in the center devices. But it is tough to just have that kind of localized wear from circulation. Are the center wreath and shield much higher than the rest of the coin? Dazed and confused.
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
11951 Posts |
I agree ... this coin is difficult to put a grade to. Either the strike or wear is not even. I would be curious to see what a TPG would grade it. If I had to ...XF details |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
12057 Posts |
Reverse is fully struck, obverse looks like it was held against a bench grinder.
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