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Pillar of the Community
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Edited by MikeF
11/30/2017 9:04 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
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Obv XF40, lots of contact and rub, rev is stronger @ XF45 sharpness. My net would be XF40.
Member ANA - EAC - TNA - SSDC - CCT #890 "Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossible before they were done." -- Louis D. Brandeis |
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 Heh, Heh..... Your new Coin Stand shows what you think of this one, doesn't it.....  Any SL dollar that's reall would fit wounderfully in my Expanded 7070...  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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xf details cleaned and retoned. surfaces look slick and reflective.
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
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I agree with numismatic student on the cleaned/polished appearance. Most of the patina was left behind though so it still looks okay to me. My biggest concern would be rim damage at 6:00 reverse.
I agree it makes XF Details and is pretty nice as problem coins go.
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Pillar of the Community
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I like it and am not ready to call it a details coin. To call the barely noticeable "mark" on the rim "damage" is way off. EF-40 for me.
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Pillar of the Community
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I like the toning on the coin. Nice pick up. XF40.
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Bedrock of the Community
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To call the barely noticeable "mark" on the rim "damage" is way off. Drop a heavy coin like a silver dollar from 3 feet high onto concrete. This is what results.  |
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Pillar of the Community
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Bedrock of the Community
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This dent would not result in a details grade.
Member ANA - EAC - TNA - SSDC - CCT #890 "Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossible before they were done." -- Louis D. Brandeis |
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Pillar of the Community
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Yeah I agree that it's not large enough to detail it.
Here's what I can't figure out. The fields on the reverse are prooflike wilh blue and gun metal grey toning. But the letters and devices are crusty with rustic red toning. The obverse fields has evidence of reflectivity but not to the extent of the reverse. My in hand assessment initially was au-50. The shop owner had it pegged at 53 but I was able to convince him otherwise after showing him graded examples from my collection. I'm stumped on this one.
It might be a circulated proof.
Edited by MikeF
11/30/2017 11:32 pm
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Pillar of the Community
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Did you photograph that coin on a roll of toilet paper?
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Pillar of the Community
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No that's my Loofah.  |
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Pillar of the Community
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Window sill shot.   |
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Bedrock of the Community
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EF-45, shot AU-50 Very nice.
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Pillar of the Community
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XF-45. Looks nice to me! Think it would grade out no problems.
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Posted 11/30/2017 9:12 pm
