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Fr8K9 Valued Member United States 78 Posts	Posted 04/05/2017 11:19 pm Not in the best shape... but It's the only one I have! Edited by Fr8K9 04/06/2017 12:57 am Report this Post to the Staff

numismatic student Bedrock of the Community United States 11898 Posts	Posted 04/05/2017 11:27 pm obv f12 rev f15 but it appears to be details - graffiti. Don't know what is going on in the obverse, but I see a huge JOO lettered on the coin. Is that actually on the coin? 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 Edited by numismatic student 04/05/2017 11:28 pm Report this Post to the Staff
Fr8K9 Valued Member United States 78 Posts	Posted 04/05/2017 11:34 pm Yeah, I don't know what that is either. It looks like something transferred from being on top of it at some point. The toning is in the shape of two coins resting on it, one at 2 o'clock and one at 8 o'clock. It is on the coin, not engraved like I have seen before, just a transfer of some sort. Newspaper or a coin roll paper? This coin is part of an almost complete collection that my great Aunt collected. Not planning on getting these graded or breaking up the set. Just going to pass them along. So not a big deal. I'm just trying to increase my knowledge. Maybe someone with knowledge will chime in. Edited by Fr8K9 04/06/2017 5:25 pm Report this Post to the Staff
MikeF Pillar of the Community United States 3479 Posts	Posted 04/05/2017 11:35 pm I wouldn't of caught that ns. But it doesn't look like traditional graffiti where it's carved into the coin. It looks like it could have been created from being wrapped in a newspaper with the letters JOO or JOC sitting on the coin in that spot for an extended period of time while being exposed to heat. Nice observation! Edit: I should add this will not cause a graffiti-details grade. The cleaning will. Edited by MikeF 04/05/2017 11:57 pm Report this Post to the Staff
mdrohn New Member United States 5 Posts	Posted 04/06/2017 08:19 am Interesting stain. I think it says "DOL" mirrored (look at the sharp right angle at the bottom of the first letter behind the eye), so it may plausibly have been a coin roll, the negative image created by the ink blocking acids outgassing or leaching from the paper. Report this Post to the Staff
Coinfrog Bedrock of the Community United States 94367 Posts	Posted 04/06/2017 4:45 pm F-12. A little acetone won't hurt, but otherwise leave it be. to the CCF! Report this Post to the Staff
MorganGuy78 Valued Member United States 304 Posts	Posted 04/06/2017 8:57 pm F-12 Report this Post to the Staff
Joseph7420 Bedrock of the Community Canada 11922 Posts	Posted 04/06/2017 11:04 pm F-12. Report this Post to the Staff
SHAFTA9a Bedrock of the Community Canada 10743 Posts	Posted 04/07/2017 11:17 am That one has been passed around for a bit, F-12 Report this Post to the Staff
Fr8K9 Valued Member United States 78 Posts	Posted 04/07/2017 12:54 pm Shafta, This one hasn't been passed around at all. It came right out of my great Aunt's collection blue folder. It hasn't seen the light of day in about 50 years... Report this Post to the Staff
Mike1487 Pillar of the Community United States 709 Posts	Posted 04/07/2017 3:30 pm Quote: hasn't been passed around at all It would be uncirculated if that were true F-12 Report this Post to the Staff
flag4 Pillar of the Community United States 869 Posts	Posted 04/07/2017 4:21 pm I concur with the consensus on the grade . . Quote: Not in the best shape... but It's the only one I have! Get some more! They're like potato chips . . you can't just have one! Report this Post to the Staff
Fr8K9 Valued Member United States 78 Posts	Posted 04/07/2017 7:42 pm I get it now.. "passed around". That's for sure. I wish these things could talk! I've gotta get some more! Report this Post to the Staff
bandsdean Pillar of the Community United States 2125 Posts	Posted 04/07/2017 9:25 pm I'm at VG-10. Tough date for sure! Report this Post to the Staff
IndianGoldEagle Bedrock of the Community United States 36845 Posts	Posted 04/12/2017 7:42 pm F-12 Report this Post to the Staff
smalldawg59 Valued Member United States 484 Posts	Posted 04/12/2017 8:24 pm VG10 Report this Post to the Staff
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