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Bedrock of the Community
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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
02/09/2017 11:46 pm
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Beautiful coin. It is very hard to see hairlines on proof coins from photos. They do not show up unless the lighting is at a specific angle, and hairlines are the predominant grading factor for proofs. I can see some lines in the fields, so I'd be hard pressed to give this a 66. I'd say it is likely to be graded correctly.
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02/10/2017 07:04 am
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Bedrock of the Community
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The images from this seller make it appear undergraded. There's only five pieces noted as 66DC or 67DC so there's not a lot to compare it to. You really need to see it in-hand to know since images can hide a lot. It could be a $5000 coin and it could be a $50,000 coin if it's really a 67DC. Chances are the true value is low 5 figures but you have to see it or have an expert view it for you.
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Pillar of the Community
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Certainly looks PF-67 in the photos but I suspect in-hand under magnification probably has some hairlines that just aren't visible here. Always a challenge grading from photos.
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Pillar of the Community
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Wow no actual contribution to this post but gotta say that is a BEAUTIFUL coin!  |
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Bedrock of the Community
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I agree. without coin in hand its going to be hard to determine the difference between 65 and 66 on this one. based on what I see I think it should make 66. as for any higher than that, coin in hand is critical. She's a beauty though
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Bedrock of the Community
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That's for sure!  |
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Pillar of the Community
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I like it at 65 Cameo. Tough coin!
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Bedrock of the Community
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Pillar of the Community
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I think that the slab grade is correct so far as the NGC grading system is concerned. The coin has been dipped, and it has some of the very minor cloudiness in the fields that is a reflection of that.
Generally only coins that are 100% original are going to get the PR-66 and higher grades. Not to burst you balloon, but I don't think that this coin would cross to PCGS in the same grade. I think that it would get a PR-64.
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