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United States
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Bought this a few months ago. Fell in love with it. What are your thoughts. Attributions? Thanks in advance.   Edited by Fayette1800
01/04/2018 6:48 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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64bn. what a beauty. some concern because there does not appear to be much luster. there is a light scratch from the bust of liberty to the 2 in the date. great coin  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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 United States
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I go with 63BN ..... not too excited about the obverse and reverse spots but a nice coin. Looks like maybe a LDS with the stretched stars.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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My notes: Cohen C-1 (the only die pair used for the 1829-dated issues); this is a late die state with significant trails, heavy flow, polishing and recutting; most dentition is weak or simply gone, especially on the reverse, which is rotated about 15-20 degrees CCW. Breen die state V; Manley die state 2.0 with the spikes no longer present above O and C on the reverse, and the upper part of the E in UNITED broken in half. Possibly some light rust on the dies. Weakness in hair behind the bust and above ERT due to die erosion; the strike is solid otherwise. Above-average eye appeal with very attractive color. My TPG Grade: MS63BN. Mostly free of distracting marks, but the luster is somewhat dull. My EAC grade: 55/45, lots of carbon spotting on the obverse/reverse and nicks/marks below point of bust, impaired luster but good color with traces of red. 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 Edited by paralyse
01/04/2018 7:36 pm
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Pillar of the Community
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Pillar of the Community
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1094 Posts |
Wow, Paralyse thanks for all the info. Incredible.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I'd say MS-63BN, very attractive. That light scratch near the date looks like it's on the holder.
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Bedrock of the Community
Canada
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Zurie you are right that light scratch is on the holder.
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Pillar of the Community
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Very nice but seems to lack "pop" in these pics. I'll go 63BN.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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This is an MS63 brown I found on ebay. How does mine compare? Just thought it was interesting to compare. thanks,   |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Is the one you found slabbed as such, and by who please?  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1094 Posts |
Sorry it is an NGC. MS 63BN
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Pillar of the Community
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Very nice |
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United States
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MS-60. The luster is really dull. The ebay one is an overgraded AU. |
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