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This coin has two different looks, both of them visible when you see the piece in person. Look #1   Look #2   |
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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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Can you explain those two vertical parallel lines in the lower left center of the obverse in the first pic?
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Can you explain those two vertical parallel lines in the lower left center of the obverse in the first pic? I don't know; I can't tell you. They are not very deep or noticeable because I would have spotted them earlier when I looked at the piece before purchase. This coin is a Proof. I'll let that much out of the bag. |
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Since it has been 11 hours without a response, here is the grade. NGC graded this PR-66. The grade is accurate since coin has now significant hairlines and original surfaces. As to whether PCGS would grade that, that is something to speculate.
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Seems way overgraded given the scratches bookending the obverse shield that run over half the diameter of the coin. Can't see this anywhere near gem grade levels. They don't look deep to me either, which is the reason why it likely wouldn't get a details designation, but they are impossible to ignore. Unlikely to be a pre-existing planchet flaw given that the coin was struck on a polished proof planchet. A nice coin but for this damage.
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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