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Pillar of the Community
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Pillar of the Community
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I was about to say 65, and then I saw the wreath right above the CC. What is that? It could be from the mint, but I don't know what to say.
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Pillar of the Community
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That's a beauty! I'd give it a 66+.
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Pillar of the Community
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Yes, I see that smudge thing over the wreath now, too. Hopefully, it's on the plastic.
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Pillar of the Community
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Wow, super nice. (and yes, what is that on rev above wreath?) As for the grade, I will say - higher end MS66  |
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I could see this a minimum 66, good shot at 67.
As for the blob above the wreath it could be a strike through, die issue, or pitted reverse?
Edited by Imthealphaomega
10/27/2017 10:20 am
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VAM-9, of a pretty late die state. The line from the O in ONE to the wreath is definitive, as this was the only use of that reverse. A slam-dunk 65 which wouldn't surprise me in a 66 slab. The obscuration on the reverse, if not on the slab, is obviously as-struck (to me) and shouldn't necessarily interfere much with the grade at this level although it might prevent a 66. By my personal grading standard I won't factor such a thing until 67 or better when strike becomes a major factor in the grade.
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Bedrock of the Community
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65
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
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Agree 66, super coin, congrats.
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Bedrock of the Community
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A gorgeous LDS CC. Obv 65, rev 66, net 65 - bottom of the cap and lower hair, where they meet, are the only nitpicky, tiny little things that keep this out of a full 66 for me. TPG might say 66 anyway. Member ANA - EAC - TNA - SSDC - CCT #890 "Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossible before they were done." -- Louis D. Brandeis |
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Superb coin, I'd say 66 despite the obverse hits in concealed areas.
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