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Gosh, Mike, that toning really makes photo grades awfully difficult. From the head on obverse and center of reverse the strike looks typical, so I do see slight rub.
55, but a tentative 55. This really needs in hand grading.
Toning as well. I love original toning, but I'd consider this toning on the slightly negative side.
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xf45. not a lot of luster. very dark obscuring the coin's deign elements.
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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LOL @Mox! It is nearly impossible to find a nicely toned Trade dollar. I'm at the point where I'm ready to give up. It doesn't help that the design is butt ugly to begin with. |
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AU-53. Extremely difficult to grade from photos. Will need an in-hand examination to determine an accurate grade.
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I think it grades XF-45. This is the type of toning I like but it's hiding a lot of bag marks and scratches. I doubt this is a CAC candidate unless it looks nicer in hand.
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AU-53, not a fan of the toning.
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AU-55 and I like it's crusty goodness!
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AU-55
A little too crusty for me.
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I agree that my first take on this coin was a little too low. It is AU something
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