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New Member
United States
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GRADE? TONING...ATTRACTIVE OR NOT? WILL POST GRADE IN A FEW DAYS...ENJOY!   |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
11882 Posts |
Coin is stunning in its luster and preservation. I will say MS64. The obverse toning however is not attractive imho as there seem to be a large number of scattered dots rather than an attractive even progression in the color.  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.comEdited by numismatic student
04/12/2022 11:08 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3848 Posts |
Wowzas this one has a lot going on! It appears to be uncirculated, toning looks like it is from a whitman folder. I think someone sneezed on the coin. Not too many visible contact marks, but short from being a gem. MS-64
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2003 Posts |
I'm thinking more like MS-63. The reverse is very pleasing. The obverse however leaves a lot to be desired in eye appeal because of the splotchy toning and detracts from the bold details.
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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I agree: blotchy toning suggests that it may have spent some time (perhaps decades), in a Whitman folder.
MS-64, nice luster, but blotchy toning will hold the value down.
As a parallel, collectors of modern proof silver coins can be very disappointed when their coins develop blotchy toning, if they are issued in less than effective packaging.
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
599 Posts |
64+.
Definitely a candidate for conservation.
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
1273 Posts |
I really really like it! I do think it is MS64 or possibly even MS65. Great coin.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4680 Posts |
I'm at MS64. I find the inconsistent obverse toning distracting, personally. Reverse toning is more tolerable
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
1527 Posts |
I'll say MS-65, I see no high point rubbing on the coin so it could even grab a 66, but I would also conserve this coin without hesitation.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
94367 Posts |
I'll say frosty MS-63, and since you ask, I don't care for the obverse toning.  to the CCF! |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4469 Posts |
MS64-I really like the reverse cameo look and toning. The obverse toning is a neutral.
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Bedrock of the Community
 United States
18663 Posts |
when grading surface preservation is weighted double. the other components are all the same when assigning a value. I would say eye appeal here is below average. I think the luster is solid underneath all that. abrasion and light scratch obv right field. I think the coin would grade MS65+ if it were not for the patchy toning. I think its MS64+ or outside shot at 65 from a grading standpoint but I think the eye appeal will affect the coin in the value category
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New Member
 United States
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Interesting comments be all, thank you very much!  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
18663 Posts |
i think it green beaned at that grade for the solid strike and luster
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
36744 Posts |
Great coin, only a couple field marks hold it back from 65.
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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Posted 04/12/2022 11:17 pm
