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Pillar of the Community
United States
3479 Posts |
Any thoughts on grade and surface originality?   |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
5833 Posts |
That's a beauty, light wear with some scratches but not really noticeable, not sure about surface but looks original.
MS-61?
Not good at this series.
Some body will correct me!
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Bedrock of the Community
 United States
18702 Posts |
it may have had a light dip but still market acceptable. MS63+
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Valued Member
United States
219 Posts |
Stunning! Solid 62, maybe even 63.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2125 Posts |
Yeah. Looks dipped. MS-62
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
5679 Posts |
I think lightly dipped in the past, but still retains some luster and very attractive, MS-63. Nice reverse clash.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3540 Posts |
I would like to reserve giving a grade because of the matte/muted color.
But, one item that does stand out to me - the darker surfaces in the fields on the obverse. In hand, this has, generally, made me believe, similar coins have been overly dipped.
Leaving with a grade of AU58 or MS61 details (cleaning)
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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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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acloco nailed it. I ended up passing. The bids were ridiculous.  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
12057 Posts |
Without having seen the slab my initial thought was AU55 / dipped, I'm surprised it didn't market grade into a straight AU slab.
Member ANA - EAC - TNA - SSDC - CCT #890 "Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossible before they were done." -- Louis D. Brandeis |
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Pillar of the Community
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I'm surprised it didn't market grade into a straight AU slab. I suspect there is crud on the rims which doesn't show up in these types of straight-on photos. |
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