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Pillar of the Community
United States
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A recent pick up, it was in an old cruddy plastic flip that smelled like mildew, stored for years...but the coin was nice! What are your thoughts on grade? Thanks! RK   |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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IMHO this is an MS details - improperly cleaned coin. The metal on the face of liberty is not smooth but looks raised. Especially to the left of the nostril. Don't know what caused it, but the coin appears to have surface problems. It is a shame because it has MS details and is a very nice coin. The reverse lettering exhibits strong doubling.
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
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Perhaps struck from a rusted die? I'll say 64 at least and a real beauty.
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Rest in Peace
United States
18456 Posts |
It would have been drop dead gorgeous if it weren't for the crappy rims . An MS coin mishandled ?  What would you call it ? sure is a beauty multi colored Dime ! |
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Rest in Peace
United States
17900 Posts |
Lovely MS example. I'd agree with Frog on a 64. A real beauty.
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United States
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Bedrock of the Community
Canada
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 MS-64. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
12057 Posts |
Solid MS64. This is a late die state with substantial die erosion, accounting for the surface and rim appearances. It also has quite a bit of Strike Doubling on various parts of the legends, most notably on ONE DIME. Member ANA - EAC - TNA - SSDC - CCT #890 "Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossible before they were done." -- Louis D. Brandeis |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I like it a lot, that's all that matters, that I like it.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1499 Posts |
I'd say MS-64, maybe dipped and retoned with some album toning. There is a chance this has not been dipped and that it is natural, but I'd have to see it in person.
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