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Pillar of the Community
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This one has a better all around strike. Pics arent the best (seller provided) but what do you think? Appreciate all the help, and again sorry if the pictures arent good. They arent ones Ive taken myself.   |
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Rest in Peace
United States
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That's a good one. Grab it. Much better than average strike and no outstanding distractions. I like it.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Quite nice low MS slider piece. Perhaps a MS62?
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Bedrock of the Community
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Pillar of the Community
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MS62
"Buy the Book Before You Buy the Coin" - Aaron R. Feldman - "And read it" - Me 2013! ANA Life Member #3288 in good standing since 1981, ANS, Early American Coppers Member (EAC), Colonial Coin Collectors Club member (C4), Conder Token Collector Club member (CTCC), Civil War Token Society (CWTS) member, Liberty Seated Collectors Club (LSCC) & Numismatic Bibliomania Society member (NBS), USMex, Member in good standing, 2¢ variety collector. See my want page: http://goccf.com/t/140440 |
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Bedrock of the Community
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This coin in the original post is pretty nice, I like the purple haze.  Just for reference, here is what a well-struck MS64 1866 Shield nickel looks like.   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
11/10/2017 01:29 am
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Bedrock of the Community
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Here is an MS62 example. I don't own these, just picked them out of the HA website. This is what I would be shooting for. Good luck!   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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Pillar of the Community
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Thanks for all the opinions! And thanks NS for the example pictures. They look beautiful
For my posted coin, what would be a fair price to go for? I'm going to see if I can purchase it. 400 too much? Banking that in hand it looks a bit better
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11/10/2017 3:06 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
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Posted coin seems dull and lacks eye appeal for me. I'll say 62.
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Bedrock of the Community
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I think the ms62 example I posted sold for $350 at auction on HA. Stacks also has attractive examples. I bought a nice ms62 at Stacks for $265 but it wasn't as nicely struck as the example I posted above. Close though.... actually I looked at that coin again and the reverse wasn't well struck up.
For $400 I would hold out for something close to the MS62 example I posted a few posts up.
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
11/10/2017 3:24 pm
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