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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Bedrock of the Community
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12477 Posts |
My best guess is XF-45.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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XF details...looks suspicious to me, old cleaning maybe?
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Valued Member
United States
484 Posts |
My guess it's been cleaned/dipped. but nice XF details.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
11898 Posts |
XF details. Not a fan of the numerous field scratches on both sides but doesn't look cleaned to me because the scratches seem to stop at the devices. The obverse seems stained.
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
United States
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AU-50 details, cleaned but probably got a pass and straight graded.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I'm at XFish on it. The golden toning visible is clearly a second, more recent toning process besides the one which resulted in the much darker color elsewhere on the coin; I don't know how a TPG would adjudicate it. By the time the toning progression has reached "terminal" as it has on the periphery, there would be no possibility of the far earlier "golden" color on the coin, to my mind. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Straight grade XF-45. The vast majority of these have been cleaned in the past (some harshly) but this one looks nice and if cleaned has re-toned and acquired a pleasant patina.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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EF-45, perhaps AU-50, but this does not appeal to me.
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United States
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I'm in at AU55 or so ... old cleaning but retoned. Suspect this is in a straight grade TPG holder. David |
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United States
17900 Posts |
 45, almost certainly cleaned but it would straight grade at PCGS. Less chance of a straight grade from recent NGC grading, which has been tougher on these the last couple of years. If the price was reasonable I would consider buying this one. |
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AU-50, and I would think Details.
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Pillar of the Community
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3479 Posts |
This one is graded au-53 by PCGS. This is a really tough year fellas. The high mintage numbers are misleading.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I think the grade is reasonable. The detail is AU+ and the hairline scratches seem randomly oriented, not the result of an abrasive cleaning. An old dip plus retone seems likely as noted but overall appeal is positive. Reverse strike is terrific! I take it the OP is happy with this coin. I would be, too!  |
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