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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.comEdited by numismatic student
11/05/2017 9:21 pm
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United States
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First, that was an excellent choice. I really love that one.
No hint of cleaning, unless it was a very old dip. Regardless, it's definitely a righteous candidate.
Strong obverse,medium to light reverse strike.
55. White spots are just areas that haven't toned.
Congratulations on that snag.
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Pillar of the Community
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AU-53, original, with fabulous toning. Perhaps there was some debris or glue-like substance that protected those spots from toning, which later got removed with acetone. Not very distracting at all. Beautiful coin!
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I'm not necessarily claiming it's the case here, but those white spots are a classic sign of an improperly-rinsed dip. It could easily be - for instance - original toning after someone sneezed on it.  |
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AU-55 original, would love to have this in my collection. Wonderful toning.
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Yeah that's more like it! Totally original and I've seen plenty of toned coins with white spots. They compliment the toning. What causes it? A sneeze isn't out of the question or some type of organic substance that prevented the area from toning. NICE GRAB!
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Love it.  |
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Again, very difficult to capture the red toning throughout the entire coin on both sides. First set is the coin in indirect light, and the second set is the coin enhanced to show visible nuance in toning. Looks like this will also go for an acetone bath. First coin unenhanced and sitting in intercept shield holder:   Second set is enhanced to look more like it does in hand:   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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Nice coin. Whatever the seller did to enhance the original picture would concern me (happened to me with a coin I bought recently). From the Seller's pics, the reverse looks different by the eagle's head and makes liberty's cheek less dull/appear less rubbed
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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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