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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Last one from me. But what do you think of these two? #1   #2   |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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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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Pillar of the Community
United States
3479 Posts |
Coin 1: I think the obverse has been worked on. The toning on the reverse is very nice.
Coin 2: is 100% original with especially attractive toning on the obverse.
If you have to choose one, go with coin 2.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Actually I don't care for the eye appeal of either one. NGC was generous giving these AU-55.
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United States
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Bedrock of the Community
Canada
11922 Posts |
It looks to me like the same picture was used for both coins' reverse pictures, but because there is blue in the background, I would assume that belongs to coin number two. The reverse on that one looks weak, and I am not so much a fan of its obverse toning, but I feel like it has the potential of looking better in hand. That one definitely looks AU to me, but it is hard to tell more than that from those pictures. As for the first one... Quote:
Coin 1: I think the obverse has been worked on. That is what I was thinking as well. My preference is for the second one.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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The grade are about right, but the strike is rather weak on the reverse, eye appeal aren't sharp.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1261 Posts |
I actually like the look of coin 1 better. It has the better strike on the head and color seems better.
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Posted 09/01/2017 9:08 pm
