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Bedrock of the Community
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I can purchase this for $500. Thoughts on grade and originality? Thanks! The dark spots on the reverse rim at 6-7 o'clock are shadows from stickers on the slab and not toning.   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
01/24/2017 9:16 pm
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Rest in Peace
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 RedBook looks like $600 for a 30/35, so priced at book...wiggle room? Also has it been cleaned..maybe a while ago?...am suspicious of around/above date and stars to rim Edited by Crazyb0
01/24/2017 9:57 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
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I don't think so on the wiggle room.
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
01/24/2017 10:00 pm
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Pillar of the Community
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The reverse looks XF 45 and the obverse looks VF 35. The mark/line on the shield is a little distracting.
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01/24/2017 10:18 pm
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The mark/line on the shield is a little distracting. That and I also think liberty fell face first onto a sander. |
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Bedrock of the Community
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Agree. Hate unattractive faces on coins. Seems to be like this on a lot of pre-civil war coinage.
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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VF-25 obverse XF-40 reverse Net VF-30. Looks like there is some wire rim remaining on the reverse edge telling me it wasn't circulated very long. Obverse perhaps suffers from a weaker strike making the head and "LIBERTY" not bold. Looks decent but some of the areas look to have been very lightly cleaned such as under the eagle's wings and the right obverse field does not match the left. But it may be the lighting. I do like this coin better than most I've seen.
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01/25/2017 11:52 am
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I tried to pm you but you don't have it set up. If you haven't bought the 59-O yet I have an 1842 that may interest you. You can do a search in the grading forum for images.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Hi Jeff. I enabled my email if that is the same as pm. 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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VF-35, possible old obverse cleaning.
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Pillar of the Community
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VF-35, agree with the possible old cleaning
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