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Bedrock of the Community
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Based on the rims and dentils, especially in the obverse, I would unfortunately say no.
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
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Pillar of the Community
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Not a proof, but has some "proof-like"qualities. This is not unusual for Morgan dollars from that period. Coin looks AU53'ish to me. |
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No, not a proof but still very nice!
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I see what you're looking at but I think they may be somewhat of an evil mimic of the proof dies.
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Pillar of the Community
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Nope. Just a nice business strike
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Bedrock of the Community
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For the grade, I would think AU-55.
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AU-55 business strike that appears to have been proof-like when new.
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I agree that it is not a proof. Might just make AU-55.
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I agree with the sentiments above. It looks like a proof like AU. The freshly polished dies would often strike proof-like business strikes, hence the name. Business strike PL or DMPL coins usually have bag marks and scuffs from the mint, along with weaker strikes. Like the one billjones posted, proofs have very strong strikes and usually no bag marks. You can see in the proof posted how sharp and crisp the lettering is, because proof coins usually got two strikes. The letters are much more dull and rounded on the one you posted.   Edited by Cruisinfusion
03/22/2017 11:57 am
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