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WooHoo... excited tonight because I completed all the halves in my type set with this purchase. Went back to the bay today to pick up a raw barber half. I thought I was gambling much less on this one and felt I paid a fair price. Was looking in the XF-AU range and found this one. The listing didn't give a grade but I felt strongly that it was XF45. The band under liberty is fully visible in the obverse and all the feathers on the wings of the eagle in the reverse have uninterrupted lines to the tips. I also thought it had a nice look compared to the tons of problem coins on the bay. The coin was offered for $200 + $3 Shipping. I offered $150 including shipping and they accepted. The listing is here: http://www.ebay.com/itm/1908-D-Barb...AOSwtnpXmA9QAs always, I would appreciate your thoughts on grade and the price I paid. Thanks in advance.   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
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One additional thought was that I saw some slabbed PCGS XF45s offered at $210-$275. I think that these were among the lowest price slabbed XF-45s online.
None of the ones I saw compared favorably to this one. Some were a little sharper, but always had some distracting issue that detracted from the overall presentation of the 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.comEdited by numismatic student
12/17/2016 7:21 pm
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Lovely problem free never cleaned example. Strong 40 sniffing at 45.
Excellent selection at a very reasonable price.
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Thanks for your input!
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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Nice pick up, brocephus !
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Thanks Ray & Joe. Just noticed a distracting line that goes from about 12 o'clock in the coin's reverse, between the T and E of STATES, to the eye of the eagle. Didn't notice it until I held the picture at arm's length. Doesn't quite look like a scratch but I see a line. Also think I see what looks like an eyeball inside the eye of the eagle. It's saturday night but I assure you that I haven't been drinking.   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
12/17/2016 9:49 pm
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This is a perfect XF coin. Looks great!
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EF-40. Completely uncleaned and original.
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Congrats on completing your Barber half set. I abandoned my attempt to fill out the set, less about 10 coins, some expensive coins in that set.
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Haha... not going to attempt a barber half set. I just completed the half dollar section of my short type set. Not quite the same thing. 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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I'll go EF-45, very attractive.
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