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Picked this up a while back... could it make PO-01?   |
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Looks like it is almost there but not quite. Problem is that it has almost a full date. Still FR02 for me.
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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It may have had a spot removed to right of Ms. Liberty's wrist.
I think that it's a Fair 02. Getting these things into no problem PCGS holders is not that easy from what I hear. PCGS has its "worst known" registry and seems to control the supply of these things in their holders.
As an old time collector who prefers nice coins, those whole "poorest known" thing doesn't make much sense to me. As a young collector I spent my time avoiding low grade stuff.
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Agree FR-02, and while not my cup of tea, it's always interesting to see coins this old and worn that somehow escaped the melting pot over their long lives.
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It's not an O-mint coin, it's a Philly mint, and would make Fair. Looks like someone brought out the old pencil eraser on the obverse.
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Thanks for the replies - I don't know how I conjured up a mintmark in my head. Perhaps because I was also looking at some O mint Morgans at the same time?
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