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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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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
Australia
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Exceptional quality of a scarce type.  I agree: well struck. Part circumferential die crack at top of reverse. I admit that I don't know lots about this type but I suspect that the die crack is the result of the Mint was still learning how to get extended die life out of a harder (CuNi) coin alloy Thus, I also suspect that the Mint would be tempted to lower the striking pressure for a slight loss in detail on the coin |
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Bedrock of the Community
 United States
18700 Posts |
one of my favorite type coins. this one is nicely struck. it not easy to get a fully struck shield with all star centers present and fully defined rays. this is a nice example. I'm having a hard time narrowing down the grade. I have it at a nice AU58 or MS. I'm really leaning towards MS62 as I think the reverse eye appeal will hold it back from a 63 plus what looks like circulation on the 5 looks like cabinet rub to me. I'm not seeing any obverse signs of circulation
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
36844 Posts |
I don't see any wear on it. MS-62.
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Bedrock of the Community
 United States
11898 Posts |
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
4469 Posts |
I am at AU58 as there appears to be some circulation rub.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3663 Posts |
Late to the party, but that is a very well struck example. Nice one!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2286 Posts |
Very nice coin-, good purch ASEYou 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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Valued Member
United States
357 Posts |
Beautiful coin and very well struck. Congrats!
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
21788 Posts |
If well struck with high die pressure, (as this example appears to be),
then shortened die life, especially at a time when CuNi was being introduced into the coinage system.
To my way of thinking, it follows that well struck examples (and in higher grades), of this type must be scarce.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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wow, I'm shocked. to me the wear looked like cabinet rub to me and I'm not seeing anything even close to wear on the obv. this coin is better than 55. if they see the 5 as wear then this coin is no less than AU58. the only other thing I see is the field around the 5 but I'm not seeing any corresponding wear on the rays which is typically where you would see it first along with the 5. I would not be happy with that grade. from what I'm seeing, CAC graded coins are in demand and this one is worthy of a gold bean at that grade imo.
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