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looks 63 due to some hits to cheek best seen in first pic. Hard to see surfaces in most of the other pics.
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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Obviously I'll post better pics when I get it in hand. I still got it cheap about $60 under greysheet bid so I'll be happy regardless. It has an above average strike too which helps, considering this date is notorious for weak strikes.
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60 smackers below gs bid is great. Looks like a great deal for a better date morgan. I also like the very natural toning.  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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From those pictures, I am not seeing too many scratches on the cheek—just some odd toning streaks. It looks to me like it could make MS-64.
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Lovely fingerprints on the reverse...
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Looking back at this seller's past offerings I would say he's left some money on the table likely due to his poor images.
Your pick does look promising.
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Dave
I was very tempted to go after his 1897 S and 1885 S Morgans that ended that night as well, but I simply didn't have the money on hand to buy all 3.
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Little enhanced picture looks like MS64. A collector who likes toned Morgans will pay premium over greysheet on this, IMO.  Edited by Coconutjoe
07/11/2017 11:13 am
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