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What would you grade this? Is it original skin? Thanks   Some different lighting.   |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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au53. very nice  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
United States
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The dig on the cheek kinda sucks, but I think it would still straight grade as an AU50 to 53.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3479 Posts |
Original and very attractive. Au-50
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United States
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Perhaps AU50? San Fran mint mark is AU50 New Orleans mint mark is AU53 per PCGS. Nice coin.  Edited by Coconutjoe
04/21/2017 03:52 am
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Rest in Peace
United States
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I'm going out on the limb here and say it was cleaned a long time ago and has since come back . Nice AU-55 .  |
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United States
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Is it me or am I seeing an O underneath the tail? I'm at a au55, I see a slight O outline which is probably covered by the dirt and tarnish.
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Pleasing coin, patination quite acceptable.
AU53, there is enough detail in the breast shield to justify the 53.
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I've seen AU-58 graded examples with more loss of detail on the tail feathers and wing tips. However, the deep patina on this one seems to have muted the luster which should lower the overall grade.
AU-53 seems reasonable, maybe even a bit conservative. Very nice type coin!
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Pillar of the Community
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Thank you all for your opinions. I am glad to see that public consensus has this coin in the AU range and most agree that it is original.
I think I may send this in to NGC. I will definitely update you all if I do.
Anyone want to take a stab at what I paid? (Good deal IMO)
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Bedrock of the Community
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I'll guess you paid $150.
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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Am I the only one missing the possibility that this may be a 1892 O? I clearly see a mintmark resembling an O in both pics, it's the tarnish partly obscuring it
Edited by Imthealphaomega
04/22/2017 10:55 am
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