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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I just picked this one up for the die cracks on the reverse. I have not really been interested in die cracks until recently and am really enjoying finding some good ones. What are your thoughts on the grade of this one?   |
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Valued Member
United States
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Most likely F-12, stretch at F-15. No way its a VF.
Sweet coin!
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United States
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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obv f12
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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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United States
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Bedrock of the Community
Canada
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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What drew me to this coin was the die break in the field through the beak. Once I had the coin in hand I saw the vacant area above the left wing. Then I was amazed at the die crack starting on the right side at the "r" in America heading horizontally to the right until the left wing, where it goes down the wing to the dentils. In hand it is much more dramatic than in the photos.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I never really understood the obsession with die cracks but I agree the one on your coin is pretty cool looking.
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United States
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Rest in Peace
United States
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In the F-15 camp. Many early bust half dates are harder to find without die problems than with them.
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Posted 07/10/2017 8:54 pm
