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Bedrock of the Community
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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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Rest in Peace
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Well I can see why your calling this an interesting Merc . Besides rims grinded down ( at least that's what it looks like ) ,this high grade circ is displaying FSB which is a rarity for a 45-P merc .  |
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Im going to say broad struck, maybe out of collar. Looks to be Mint State. I'm going to go MS64+FSB. This is a pretty big coin! As stated above. Not an easy date with FSB. Another marvelous pickup!
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Looks like it could be struck out of collar as @redraider stated. Or, perhaps on the wrong planchet.
"Nummi rari mira sunt, si sumptus ferre potes." - Christophorus filius Scotiae
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The reverse is complete, so I'll tag along with @RedRaider and @Bump111: it looks like either out of collar or a wrong planchet. The sharp strike also suggests a wrong planchet. The obverse is incomplete, so I wonder if it may also be slightly MAD. Rough day on the mint production floor? No clue on the grade here, but the FSB jumps out.  Really looking forward to the reveal here. Cool coin! |
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A large Broadstruck that's out of collar, even though its appeared FB, but for some reason a lot of 3rd party don't label it.
It is a beauty!
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Pillar of the Community
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A very interesting and eye-catching example! I'm going to pass on a grading guess on this one, but will be interested to see what it turns out to be...
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Bedrock of the Community
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Does this look like doubling?  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'm thinking struck on a nickel planchet (which was also silver in 1945). Would they also designate broadstrike or MAD on something like that? Are we seeing copper from the alloy or is it just toning? Interesting coin. Edit: I cheated and found a similar coin, so I have a question after the reveal. Don't peek. https://coins.ha.com/itm/errors/194...bnail-071515Edited by kbbpll
06/11/2022 12:42 am
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Pillar of the Community
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Not sure what the error is, but the rest of the coin looks MS-65FSB. Interesting coin!
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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A unique example and undoubtedly exceptionally scarce. Very very nearly FSB (center band has just a touch of weakness) and they'd probably give it FSB. My opinion is struck on an incorrect planchet Strike Doubling on UNITED perhaps due to metal displacement horizontally opposite. 64. PCGS would FB this, NGC would be a close call. Member ANA - EAC - TNA - SSDC - CCT #890 "Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossible before they were done." -- Louis D. Brandeis Edited by paralyse
06/11/2022 10:56 am
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Pillar of the Community
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MS64FSB
Oregon coin geek.....*** GO BEAVS ! ! ! ***
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kbbpll- You cheated then posted the link for everyone else to do the same?!?
I had to click it hahaha
You realize when you know how to think, it empowers you far beyond those who know only what to think.
-Neil deGrasse Tyson
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I told you not to peak, so that's on you. I did that just to bookmark it for myself, because I'll never remember what my question was otherwise.
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Pillar of the Community
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no idea on grading these but cool coin.
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Posted 06/10/2022 3:59 pm
