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Bedrock of the Community
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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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Pillar of the Community
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Well this sales pitch was pretty morbid: Indeed, along with the asking price! |
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Pillar of the Community
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Asking price was more morbid than the sales pitch.
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At least they left the "make offer" option!
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I guess the thing I would want, is absolute proof....
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They didn't find the titanic for 60+ years after it sank. How would they find it in his pocket, as his pants would be gone, and just bones left. And how would they identify the bones and know that it didn't just end up by him? I'm confused. Maybe it belonged to him, but that does not justify the price, and that also makes the ad dishonest.
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They didn't find the titanic for 60+ years after it sank. How would they find it in his pocket, as his pants would be gone, and just bones left I assume that corpses were recovered floating on the water surface nearby. |
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If you go to the link, it explains the provenance-the body was recovered just after the sinking, and it was certified-but got an "improperly cleaned" lable.
The value, to me, is inexplicable.
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03/24/2017 4:11 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
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That's quite a story, thanks!
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Pillar of the Community
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Spooky. A few yers ago The Melvins van was on ebay for the same price. It was notable for having a Sharpie drawing of Kiss by Kurt Cobain on the side. Just as spooky but a much better value than a 1906-O half dollar. "Two minutes ago I would have sold my chances for a tired dime." Fred Astaire
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OK, makes sense, thanks for the link.
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I would like to see the catalog that it was displayed on the front page.
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That was the coin on "Pawn Stars" . The show said it sold for "about $3,850 in 2011" I believe, and the seller was asking $125K. Search youtube "Pawn Stars: Titanic Victim's Coin" for the clip.
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