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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Love the original patina of this one. Could probably do better, but hard to find them all original like this one What do you grade it at? Thank you for all the help   Edited by Steelers72
09/19/2017 6:37 pm
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Rest in Peace
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I'd say 30 or perhaps 35 if the strike is considered.
I love the circulation cameo. I'd think about looking for a half step up to a strong LIBERTY.
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Pillar of the Community
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Looks like a nice solid VF-35
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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xf40. reverse better than obverse.
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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VF35, and a pretty serious rim anomaly on the reverse. It's not a railroad rim, is it?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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35 here and nice circulated cameo if you're into that.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Than coin has great eye appeal in my opinion!VF35
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Xf40 nice eye apeal problem free
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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VF-30 is my grade on this coin. I don't know the coin looks off to me. It looks like it was cleaned or something. It just seems meh imo.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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All in, VF-30. Just couldn't grade that obverse any higher.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Reverse carries it to VF35
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Bedrock of the Community
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An incomplete "Liberty" grading VF-35?  Even 30 is a gift. Edited by Coinfrog
09/20/2017 7:17 pm
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An incomplete "Liberty" grading VF-35? Even 30 is a gift.
Yes - in my opinion - when only one of the six talons has lost its' divisions, the reverse shield has barely started wearing, the center wing feathers are barely touched, all of the leg feathers are still defined and the arrow fletches haven't lost any detail. When two faces of the coin disagree, it's time to start thinking about how one face was able to "wear" so much faster than the other. The answer is, "It didn't." Something else is afoot here besides/in addition to circulation. The more experienced I get, the more I feel that "grade to the lowest face" is just a form of intellectual laziness. That is not meant to be a personal attack, just an expression of the belief that grading probably ought to be far more complex than it is, and this coin is a good example. |
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Posted 09/19/2017 7:23 pm
