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Thoughts on grade appreciated. 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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TPG XF45-AU50 sharpness, a late die state. Not a big fan of the blotchy obverse and reverse color, although there are relatively few marks, which is a point in its favor, so on the balance, full XF45 with a shot at AU50. My EAC grade would be 40/35 with the only minor deductions for the uneven color and a few scattered nicks. Nice pickup, in my opinion.
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AU50. it appears that some liquid was applied to the surface at some time in its life whether intentional or not. you can see the residual from the cheek to the bottom of the neck as well as from star 7 to star 9. not saying it was cleaned just pointing it out
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xf-45 with a shot at AU50
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Here is the two that I have you can compare with:  XF-45  AU-50 |
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Curious about your thoughts in comparison to your two specimens. Thanks to all.
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'm horrible at grading coins and more so on nickel/copper coins. As far as the two coins both has almost all the details which is a requirements for XF and above. The AU coin is just a little bit sharper while the XF has marks all over the field and making it less attractive.
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I like your coin at AU-53. Looks like some mint red in the protected area.
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