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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Yet another holiday pickup. Interesting toning in just the one spot on the obverse and reverse. Wonder what it came in contact with. The toning is much bluer than the pic shows. Thanks in advance.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Split the difference at 63
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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MS-64. Despite the color, I think the toning detracts a bit.
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Rest in Peace
United States
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I think it would sneak up on a 64.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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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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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Not really sure what's going on in the right obverse field. I guess 64 is right but don't feel strongly about it.
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Valued Member
United States
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63. The toning is "torn 2x2 Mylar toning." The coin was in a 2x2 in a cardboard box for a long time, and the Mylar in the area where the toning is was torn on one side. The coin was probably dipped before being put in the 2x2, destabilizing the surfaces and making it tone faster.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Pillar of the Community
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The toning is "torn 2x2 Mylar toning." I've had a few coins that developed this kind of edge toning after several years in storage in a torn or ripped 2x2. I've always wondered how exposure to air in one spot can lead to near terminal toning, while leaving the entire coin exposed wouldn't cause this much heavy toning on the whole coin. Or maybe it would. I guess I've never left a silver coin sit exposed in a box for years. |
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Valued Member
United States
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I like the strike on the Obverse. I'd give it an MS64
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I'm going to have to knock this down a point for eye appeal. MS63
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Posted 12/29/2017 03:30 am
