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Bedrock of the Community
United States
11910 Posts |
Picked this up yesterday. Thoughts on grade and problems? 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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Bedrock of the Community
United States
10982 Posts |
I'm wondering if you are using a scanner? These images are over-exposed. It looks like it has AU level devices and a possible cleaning.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2632 Posts |
 It's hard to tell from the pictures, but my first thought was AU-55 and possibly cleaned. |
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Bedrock of the Community
 United States
11910 Posts |
These are seller's pics. Will update with better ones when in hand. 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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Bedrock of the Community
United States
94367 Posts |
Agree AU-55 and that it appears cleaned in these pics.
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Bedrock of the Community
Canada
11922 Posts |
I am at AU-55 with no call on surface originality.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
6370 Posts |
I would never buy from those pictures unless it was about half of wholesale bid. There is no telling what kind of coin you will receive. And being slabbed is no guarantee of originality.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2125 Posts |
AU-50. Update with better pics when you get it! Please.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
11910 Posts |
Really happy with what this turned out to be despite the poor pictures.   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
1261 Posts |
I don't mean to raise concern but is it the photo quality or do the surfaces on this coin look a little off? Almost as if it was whizzed.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
11910 Posts |
We are here to raise issues. I looked at this coin for porosity in the surfaces. It looks very original to me, but it wouldn't be the first time I was wrong. Thanks for sharing your thoughts. Also, reduce your screen size to 30% and look at the coin pics. It looks the way it does in hand - beautiful.  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
06/03/2017 3:17 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1475 Posts |
The original pictures were way too bright to make correct judgement. Looking your pictures, I do agree that coin is beautiful, but it obviously had old? cleaning of some sort. I'm not sure it will be market acceptable by TPG. Edited by Coconutjoe
06/03/2017 3:52 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
10982 Posts |
Nice coin, probably wiped across the centers but AU+ at a TPG I would guess. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
36883 Posts |
AU-50 with a possibly old cleaning. Definitely not whizzed as mentioned.
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