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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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I am at MS-63 due to cheek Rash . The fields look nice though.
Edited by JasonKflo
11/24/2021 11:00 am
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Good strike
Clean fields
Good luster
The scratches and hits from the nose down are concerning.
MS63
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Good strike indeed. There seems to be some disturbance in the luster around the motto. If you send this in, I think it may receive an MS Details Cleaned.
I'll wait for in-hand photos.
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The scrapes on the cheek may hold it back to a 63.
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No kidding on the solid strike. Most 1884-O dollars look like they were pulled from a full stack at IHOP. It's a good purchase, even just for the strike. Nick pickup. I think you have 1884-O VAM-21A, with a VFD, rusted obverse die, and overlapping reeding. It's a fun VAM. The chin and neck scuffs are fairly deep. I think the obverse is MS-63. The reverse is much better. The rim ding at 11:00 may actually be a product of the broken/misaligned collar. I think it hits MS-65. The big question is how much the reverse pulls up the obverse. Both MS-63 and MS-64 are common for the date, but plus designations below 64 are hard to come by. I would call it a bourse floor 64, but I fear PCGS would drop grade it to MS-63. Do make a note of the VAM, if it is 21A. It's not a rare VAM, but it's a fun one to have. |
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very nice strike for this year. lighting not sufficient for accurate surface assessment. to me the coin looks like it could squeeze out MS64
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Very nice strike. With the others, likely 63 may be 64 in hand. I think $65 is a good buy considering the strike.
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