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Bedrock of the Community
United States
11911 Posts |
I picked this up for $90 including shipping. Thoughts on grade and problems? Seller's pictures weren't great. I enlarged them, but didn't try to correct for overexposure. Hopefully it looks like the pictures when it arrives. Thanks!   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.comEdited by numismatic student
05/26/2017 8:30 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
6370 Posts |
I see AU details, cleaned.
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Bedrock of the Community
 United States
11911 Posts |
Thanks Type. Which markers indicate to you that it may be cleaned? Trying to learn.  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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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
21788 Posts |
EF40 to 45.
Obvious weak strike 11 o'clock, shield lines nice (rev.).
Price OK.
Check accurately for weight.
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Bedrock of the Community
Canada
11922 Posts |
From those pictures, I would be at EF-45 with no call on surface originality. With how over-exposed those pictures are, I would not at all be surprised if it turns out that this coin has been cleaned.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
6370 Posts |
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Thanks Type. Which markers indicate to you that it may be cleaned? Trying to learn. The whitish color for one. A coin this old and in this grade should not be white. Also, the way the light is reflecting off of the fields suggest the surfaces have been adultered. The picture resolution is too poor to tell, but I think I see hairlines to the right of the bust and to the left of the eagle. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
11911 Posts |
Thanks guys 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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Bedrock of the Community
United States
94367 Posts |
EF-45, pics too washed out to make a call on the surfaces.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
11911 Posts |
This one arrived today. Any thoughts on grade and problems based on revised pics? Thanks!   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
1959 Posts |
The 1824 has a cleaned and AT look to it. I think I'm seeing abrasive cleaning marks coming through the "toning".
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
94367 Posts |
EF-45, likely old cleaning in left obverse field.
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05/31/2017 4:46 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
6370 Posts |
A little darker than I was expecting, but the texture is what I was expecting. EF details. Harshly cleaned. It looks like someone took steel wool to it.  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
36883 Posts |
EF-40 details, harshly cleaned
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