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I sent this one to PCGS earlier this year. What would you grade her? I'll post their grade in a couple days.   |
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65 - 97% FB
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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The reverse has a few more contact marks than I would probably expect on a gem coin, so I'll say MS-64+. As for the FSB designation, I'm no expert, but on the middle set of bands, I don't think there is full separation, so I would guess that this coin didn't qualify as a FSB example.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Looks MS-65 to me. Not FSB.
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Bedrock of the Community
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I'm in the MS65 no FSB box
Edited by panzaldi
10/01/2022 09:46 am
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Pillar of the Community
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At least a 64...she's a beauty!
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MS-65 with a coin flip on FSB. I've seen plenty in FSB holders that don't really meet the technical definition.
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MS-64 with a chance at FSB. As Fenton says, I've seen many in FSB holders with bands worse than this coin.
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Nice specimen here for sure Zurie! Great strike, borderline full bands!
To me it looks like it was dipped at some point, not that this will effect PCGS's opinion per se. Seems like some impaired luster in the fields and not sure if the devices are fully lustrous. I'm guessing PCGS graded this anywhere between AU58 and MS63.
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i just had to look at this one again. something was bothering me about the grades here. the neck is looking like it has some light wear on it and the glare may be overriding some of the surfaces especially on the reverse. I'm going to change my grade to AU58. I hope it came back MS for you Zurie but I think its borderline MS
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First impression was MS-64. I noticed there aren't any heavy contact marks or distracting points, so I think it can make an MS-65.
Wonderful photos!
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Here's the reveal. There are a few scattered light hairlines on the neck and a tiny rim dent on the obverse at 11:00, so I think 65 would have been a stretch even with the excellent luster. But I was hoping for a FSB designation. Admittedly it's borderline, but I think it could have gone either way.  |
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panzaldi gets humbled again... I know, I know, your fail-safe is it's photos  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'm very much humbled NumismaticsFTW!
Zurie- glad to see PCGS graded this MS64! That is a rare beauty!
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