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By details cleaned corroded
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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Love to see some pics after you get it.
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Fine sharpness, but environmental damage and probably cleaned.
The pictures are not very informative, and the thing that concerns me is authenticity. The Chinese make just about anything, including early copper, and one of their tricks is to "corrode" a copper coin and clean it.
I'm not saying the coin is a counterfeit. I can't see enough in those photos to confirm or deny that, but don't assume that it's real. Post some good pictures for us.
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will attempt to take better pics when it arrives. I see a little verdigris in spots but not a lot of pitting or rim issues. $40 bucks was a decent gamble on it I felt.
Edited by jerryc39
06/13/2017 1:01 pm
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98% maybe greater even of Classic Head Large Cents are corroded or come with significant problems. Those can be easily obtained. I doubt this is in the top 2%.
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not claiming a home run but the coin looked better than most in that price range on e-bay to me.
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It's a lot of coin for $40 imho.  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
06/13/2017 2:29 pm
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The final pic shows a much different surface than the initial ones.
Edited by Coinfrog
06/13/2017 4:46 pm
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Just hard for me to tell by pics. Looks like you have a new ebay handle. Edited by edweather
06/13/2017 8:44 pm
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not sure about ebay handle part but pics are not great for sure. |
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Post new photos when it arrives and we can do a better job grading it.
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Posted 06/13/2017 11:58 am
