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Pillar of the Community
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Pretty evenly worn, but this one couldn't have gone too much further without the date becoming unreadable. I've always marveled at how aesthetically pleasing these still tend to be in the lower grades.   Colligo ergo sum
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Bedrock of the Community
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Fair details cleaned
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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She's been down the road and back a few times!
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Fully concur with the sense of beauty in honest low-ball coins. I'm a big fan of them and several low-ball series currently occupy my collecting interests. For me .... they have a sense of purpose ... coins which have honorably served the needs of our nations commerce ... and have now arrived to us with their respective badges of honor. You lovely Morgan dollar is a nice example ... likely AG03 relative to state of preservation ... alas likely cleaned in a prior day and nicely retoning. Quote:
but this one couldn't have gone too much further without the date becoming unreadable It can and has gone a lot lower ... one of the true challenges of pursuing these coins in honest low-ball state is identifying them when nearly all of the diagnostics are worn away. We had a fun CCF full page trying to decide on the date 1892/1893 for my Columbian Pacific Exposition Half Dollar ... overlays and everything to support the various opinions. Whatever the grade of your Morgan ... pleased that you enjoy it and hope to see more low-ball from you.  David Edited by nickelsearcher
11/07/2017 5:12 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
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Agree FR-02, great example!
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That girl has done her duty.
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I agree Dave, the folks this coin must of met. I often wonder if any of the coins in my collection, ever touched the hands of any of my ancestors?
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How is evidence of cleaning identified on such a worn coin? I'd like to know for future reference
"Nummi rari mira sunt, si sumptus ferre potes." - Christophorus filius Scotiae
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Bedrock of the Community
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I expressed that opinion based on the extensive parallel scratches in the obverse and reverse that indicate that it may have been scrubbed with a wire brush.
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 see. Thanks for the explanation.
"Nummi rari mira sunt, si sumptus ferre potes." - Christophorus filius Scotiae
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The reverse is pretty interesting on this coin. Note that around the evenly worn edge of the coin reverse there is a large concentration of scratches. In the center of the reverse there is a distinct edge of wear where you see scratches, but they are much less prominent. It looks like the center of the coin was buffed out at some point. You see something similar in the obverse but it is more pronounced in the reverse.
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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