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numismatic student Bedrock of the Community United States 11898 Posts	Posted 06/12/2022 5:03 pm $108. Not sure what's going on with the color in the obverse but I gotta say that I love it! Thoughts? Thanks! 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 Report this Post to the Staff

IndianGoldEagle Bedrock of the Community United States 36839 Posts	Posted 06/12/2022 5:10 pm AU-58 but not sure what the surfaces really look like with these photos. Close to MS but looks like rubbing on the high points. Report this Post to the Staff
Ty2020b Pillar of the Community United States 4680 Posts	Posted 06/12/2022 11:28 pm Hmm not sure what's going on there. Strange toning or a form of ED? I feel like I've seen this before and it turned out to be ED. Almost looks like something may have come in contact with the surfaces and wasn't removed, causing what we're seeing over time? Just thinking out loud. AU sharpness, possibly Details Report this Post to the Staff
panzaldi Bedrock of the Community United States 18687 Posts	Posted 06/13/2022 08:20 am boy this one is close to MS and it would not surprise me at all. if it is i'd call it MS62 but I'm at AU58 and the obverse may be from some type of ED as toning does not typically look spotty like this without some other outside intervention. Report this Post to the Staff
numismatic student Bedrock of the Community United States 11898 Posts	Posted 06/13/2022 08:51 am In my humble opinion, for ED to be in place there has to be visible damage to the surface of the coin. I don't see any evidence of that on this coin. There is only a difference in the color of the coin. For a copper coin, which is the most reactive of the metals typically used for coinage, the presence of chemical elements and compounds in the environment will react with the surface of the metal and may tone it in many different colors. The toning in this example looks very natural and not artificial. And I personally find it stunningly attractive. 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 Report this Post to the Staff
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