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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
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Pillar of the Community
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AU Details Cleaned and Scratched. The coin lacks originality and has a couple of decent scratches. You don't see this year too often!
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The scratches don't bother me at all, but the color in this pic leaves me pretty uneasy. Could just be the pic, of course.
It's at least XF45, probably AU50, but if the color is as pictured, it will get a details grade.
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Pillar of the Community
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AU50, possibly Details, but I'll wait for in hand pics.
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I'm at XF on this one. Too much wear on the reverse to justify AU grade. Look at the talons, leaves, arrow fletching, wings and the leg. The obverse has obvious scratches and a hit on the upper shield. To justify that price tag it should be at least AU58 or better and I just don't see it.
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Bedrock of the Community
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To justify that price tag it should be at least AU58 or better and I just don't see it. This is a $930 coin at AU58 and undervalued at that price. Check your price guide.  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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AU50. looks like all the luster is gone. it might grade straight
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Pillar of the Community
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What price guide are you using? I have a popular internet site bookmarked that I frequently refer to that lists the 1864P Seated Half at $375 in AU-50 and $675 in MS-60.
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What price guide are you using? numismedia.com has it at $930 for AU58 PCGS has it at $1500! but average sales is in the $930 range |
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OK, The site I am using is not allowed to mentioned by name on this site. Considering the low mintage, I did find their pricing low for this coin, perhaps just an error in their entry because most of their other coins are well within the price ranges. I did check it against the PCGS site and saw the prices but that is also for a slabbed coin, not raw. I also used the PCGS site to photograde this coin.
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I'd say AU-50, but lacking luster.
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looks like it has Luster just the pic does not bring it out. I will say AU-53
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