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Bedrock of the Community
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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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United States
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I'm afraid you didn't do that well with this one . The coin is cleaned and maybe a VG-8/10 would be more like it . I for one do not like coins with barely visible dates .  |
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Thanks T. Still learning and I didn't think this had been cleaned. Can you share what you are seeing that indicates cleaning?
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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I didn't think cleaned. Maybe lightly, but it makes VG10, and imo you did ok with it, and will be able to get your money back fairly easily if you sell it.
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I can buy low grade slq's in bulk for 7-10 bucks a piece at my local jewelry store. Not sure why your monkeying around with these. I think your getting ripped, bro.
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I see a 10. I'm not seeing any indications of cleaning, just a little circulation cameo.
Price on this one maybe a tad high, but it is a problem free grade.
Remember that as your taste in coins and your knowledge of them grows you may find that this type of coin is no longer something that fits in your collection.
I'd much rather have a single EF-45 than 4 or 5 Fines.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Thanks for sharing your thoughts with me. In numismatica there is really a wide world out there to dig your heels into. Why fine slqs? Simply because I like them, and they are plentiful in the condition I like them in. Higher grade coins seem to me like fragile "pedestal" coins that you are afraid to touch. I love the 1913-1916 issued coins in f-vf. I also love types that had a run of less than 5 years and had a distinctive design. When I stop liking them, I will collect something else. I won't try to get ahead of what I like and will try to live in the moment. Thank you to all. You really make this hobby immensely more enjoyable to me.  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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Does not look cleaned to me. Grade is somewhere between VG and F. If you like it is all that matter, anyway.
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Yes, and this is a '17 S T1, not just a melt SLQ.
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Coin looks original to me. Weak date is of course less desirable but the complete obverse beads are a plus. The rim spot at 11:30 is a minor defect.
I wouldn't fault anyone for liking this coin!
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Bedrock of the Community
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VG-10, shame about the spot.
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I can buy low grade slq's in bulk for 7-10 bucks a piece at my local jewelry store. Not sure why your monkeying around with these. I think your getting ripped, bro. If you can buy 17-S type 1 SLQs for $7-10/ per then you should buy every one you can. I collect these extensively in F-EF and can say the obverse is a solid Fine. I think the reverse and the obverse spot at coinfrog mentioned hold it back a bit. I don't think the coin was a steal but I don't think it was a bad buy either, especially, being an S mint which is less common than the P mint. Despite the Fine obverse, I give it a VG-10 for the reasons stated above. |
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VG-10, and I would say not cleaned.
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Wow I took some bashing calling this coin cleaned . I still say it was lightly cleaned long ago .  |
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I read the responses and don't think anyone came anywhere close to bashing you. 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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