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United States
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Thoughts on grade and surface originality are always appreciated!   |
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Rest in Peace
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MikeF: its no good at all, need to mail it to me, I'll pay the postage....  That's one of the best I've seen, if you've snagged it, congrats. Don't really know how to grade, all I've seen are very worn specimens.looks like its seen some action, AU-55 or better. Very nice coin!   |
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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Thanks bro. Yep I snagged it and for a great price too! No need to mail. I'll meet you half way at the Sedalia exit. I live in KC.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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AU-53, this series is tough for me to grade
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Bedrock of the Community
Canada
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Bedrock of the Community
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AU55 hard to say whats on the coin and whats on the c ASE |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Unc details - scratched
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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Trimes are really hard to differentiate between weakness of strike and wear. This one is weakly struck - look at the reverse and notice how the diamond at 9 o'clock is filled in, but the six orbs and the two bars (near 12 and 6) aren't filled in very much. You also want to eyeball the ribbon holding the arrows:  But also notice that the top of the diamond has a tiny bit of wear on it. On a perfect full strike, the four sides of the diamond are RAZOR sharp and meet at a sharp point. Need an MS67, fully struck to see THAT, btw. With a weak strike, when you look at the high points on the obverse, you need to be clearly thinking strike vs. wear. The key points are the 6 directional changes in the shield outline and the corresponding tips of the star.  You will notice I highlighted three - those are clear and sharp. The three I didn't highlight are the ones that could be wear and could be weak strike. Look at 10 o'clock and see how you have both of the lines of the star, it's just the inner line is weak? I'm calling that strike. But look at the other two and see how the outline isn't present - that's wear. So I'm at a little better than XF45 over all and because the wear is so subtle, I'm also thinking AU53. -----Burton 50+ year / Life / Emeritus ANA member (joined 12/1/1973) Life member: Numismatics International, CONECA Member: TNA, FtWCC, NETCC, EveryCountry (online) coin club Owned by three cats and a wife of 40+ years (joined 1983) Author: 3rd Edition of the Sample Slabs book, https://www.sampleslabs.info/ |
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United States
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Good analysis. I'll say AU-55.
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Bravo Bstrauss3! Thanks for the thorough analysis. I take it you're our resident trime expert. It doesn't seem like many follow the series on here.
The grade is au-55 by PCGS. I'm going to have to get a better magnifying glass when it arrives.
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