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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
21786 Posts |
Slightest amount of wear on high points: hair, boobs and right leg, AU55.
Reverse better, AU58.
Patina hides some of the small nicks and scratches, which fortunately helps the coin.
Nevertheless,
I am not greatly excited by the patina, but it would have no influence on me making a decision to buy it or not.
Would have been better with even white, or a rich even gray patina, but that's my opinion only.
Attractive coin either way, or in between, no matter what.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Coin seems well struck and has attractive bullseye toning. I agree that the surfaces has nicks and scratches and isn't what I expected given the level of detail. AU58.
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
36572 Posts |
Lots of field marks. Close to MS but I'd be at AU-58 on this one. Great looking coin.
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
5661 Posts |
Agree with AU-58. Slight wear on the leg, no obvious wear on the reverse. Very attractive toning.
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Rest in Peace
United States
17900 Posts |
First glance - gorgeous MS. I thought all the 58's were nuts.
Then I looked, and see the very slightest of rubs.
I myself love bullseye toning. The marks under the tone isn't as obvious, but there.
Bottom line, I'd still pay better than an average 58 for this one.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Man that's a tough call. It's a 58 I guess. Love it.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
18640 Posts |
I'm going to have to go AU58 also. dont think it saw much activity before being stashed away
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Pillar of the Community
Norway
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Is that toning real? If so, it turns out wonderful.
For the grading... tough call, also due to the toning. It looks like anywhere below a high AU and a low MS, so let's go for AU-58 then.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Yeah, I'll be the devils advocate here and say I don't really like the coin. Looks cleaned and retoned bullseye toning. Maybe a fingerprint on the left obverse. Sorry.
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Bedrock of the Community
Canada
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United States
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I'm not a big fan of toned coins, but I like the colors and bullseye toning. Nice coin Mike, AU-58.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1261 Posts |
I think the black background is deceiving. Imagine it without that background and you have some very dark, colorful toning it the rims and peripheries and very light, almost white, in the center. Combined with fingerprints on both sides this doesn't look natural to me.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1339 Posts |
Personally, I love the look..hope its natural album toning..i think this coin would be easy to sell. I see more contact marks than rub. Hate to not say MS, but AU-58
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I am going to suggest Proof 62, or impaired Proof 58.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
94367 Posts |
Can't see proof surfaces here.
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Posted 10/07/2017 08:15 am
