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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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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Images are kinda dark...or is it the coin? XF45-AU50?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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An interesting coin that is not seen every day.
XF-45.
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Rest in Peace
United States
17900 Posts |
Dark 40. Couple of tiny corrosion spots, but nothing that would draw a detail. Very decent strike both obverse and reverse.
I would probably pass on this, unless it was low priced, which is unlikely, simply because when I'm looking at this value of a Coin I don't like dark spotted examples.
They draw my eye, which I dislike. But perfectly acceptable for lots of folks, I'm sure.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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If you're shooting for originality, then this is your coin. The oil spots are slightly distracting like mox said, but considering how many of these have been doctored, the original surfaces will be appealing to other collectors looking for them when it comes time to sell.
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Valued Member
Canada
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Wow nice coin! XF40  |
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Bedrock of the Community
Canada
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I'm a lot lower than other people on this coin. My first impression was low-mid VF and since everyone else is being generous I'll say VF-30 but I wouldn't be surprised if they gave it VF-25.  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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VF-35, beautiful coin for sure.
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Bedrock of the Community
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I thought this was undergraded and was thinking hard about buying it. It was priced as a VF20 and sold for $1,980 shipped. Liked it, but I had 5 minutes to think about it and couldn't pull the trigger in that short time frame.  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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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I wonder if the TPG considered patina or eye appeal to downgrade the coin. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Beautiful coin for sure. I think it deserves XF
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I think high VF or XF sounds right. Definitely not VF-20.
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Posted 02/02/2018 12:00 pm
