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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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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
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AU-50, planchet seems a bit dark.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Agree AU-50. Even assuming the color is not representative, it may have been cleaned. Could you try again to capture the true color?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I would bump it up to au-53 but it looks cleaned. Any toning has been wiped and removed.
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Bedrock of the Community
Canada
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Looks AU, but the surfaces look odd. It seems there is some microporosity from verdigris that has since been cleaned off. Black is also indicative of a cleaning. There is no luster. Unless this coin is under $50, I would pass.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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This is one of Kevin's coins.
There is some minor porosity on both sides, but nothing severe or unexpected. I agree with his comments that the coin has possibly been darkened or recolored and has patches of light porosity, but is otherwise attractive.
Member ANA - EAC - TNA - SSDC - CCT #890 "Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossible before they were done." -- Louis D. Brandeis |
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Bedrock of the Community
 United States
11911 Posts |
Hi, I noticed that some dealers in Allen and other places in TX are selling large numbers of large cents including many varieties of early large cents. Is some large TX collection being sold off?
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
06/18/2017 12:07 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Frisco Mint, here in North Texas is one of the largest EAC dealers online and in-person. Chris Victor-McCawley in Austin is another large EAC dealer. Inde Et Lib (Kevin) and Frisco Mint (Lucas) do a LOT of volume on ebay and elsewhere. In both cases their inventories are exceptional and deep. Member ANA - EAC - TNA - SSDC - CCT #890 "Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossible before they were done." -- Louis D. Brandeis |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
11911 Posts |
Thanks. Must be nice to have so many specialists in the area.
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
12057 Posts |
Well, relatively speaking; one is an hour from my house and the other three hours!
Member ANA - EAC - TNA - SSDC - CCT #890 "Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossible before they were done." -- Louis D. Brandeis |
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