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Bedrock of the Community
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Considering buying this. Thoughts on grade and problems appreciated. TPG grade and price in 48 hours. 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.comEdited by numismatic student
03/09/2017 10:13 am
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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AU50 obv, AU58 rev, net AU55. Surface hairlines in the fields. Good strike. Appears to have a "pimple" on her bottom lip. The areas around the hair ribbon and directly right of the forelock/nose bridge would be my most immediate areas of concern. If I owned this one, I'd display it reverse-mounted (i.e. reverse side up.)
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Pillar of the Community
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Interesting how much difference in wear there is between obverse and reverse--wonder if the reverse was somehow protected. Love the toning on the reverse. I'd say AU-55.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Pillar of the Community
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Wow! All I can say is gorgeous!
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Bedrock of the Community
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Toning may hide some distractions. Apparent cleaning effort in right obverse field which may have created the hairlines. Perhaps technically a 58 but I wouldn't be surprised to see it in a 62 holder. Beautiful example.
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Bedrock of the Community
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That half has a lot going for it. I need one for my Type set, if you choose not to purchase it. I would her an AU55.
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Bedrock of the Community
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I bought it yesterday. Will post pics when in hand. I'll examine it in hand before deciding if I want to keep it. I just got a couple of disappointing BQs with pictures that were overly embellished. Thanks for sharing your thoughts to all.
Btw, any thoughts on what you feel a fair price for this is?
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
03/10/2017 09:46 am
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Will post that tonight. What do you think the grade is?
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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...and who graded it? There can be a large gap between TPGers.
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Bedrock of the Community
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PCGS
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's definitely a higher au coin. It's challenging to grade beautifully toned coins like this. Might push ms but the missing 'L' in liberty on the obverse is a concern.
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$300 to $500 auction price range for PCGS AU55.
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03/10/2017 10:07 am
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