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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Two 1873 Trade dollars. Thoughts on grades? Thanks!  Coin 1:   Coin 2:   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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#1 looks like an original unc with minor marks, fingerprint stain, and small scattered spots. Nice frosty luster on the devices. MS-63 with nice eye appeal.
#2 shows rub and slight wear on the obverse. Reverse shows little or no wear. The dark haloes around stars and letters suggest an old dipping and subsequent retoning. Overall eye appeal is somewhat impaired. I'll venture AU-55 for detail but it could net-grade lower.
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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I agree with Jaobler's comments.
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Bedrock of the Community
 United States
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NS you know better than to post multiple coins in the same thread.  1. I agree coin looks MS however I'm at MS63 also 2. i'll go with AU53. too me the coin looks like it was a dug coin and cleaned up |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Coin 1 MS-63, coin 2 AU-58.
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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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Pillar of the Community
United States
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NS did you guys dirty!  I'm not gonna lie I've thought about posting these types of coins just to mess with the usual suspects. 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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Bedrock of the Community
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Not sure how I "did you guys dirty." Just thought it was interesting how far apart my grading was from PCGS's. From the looks of it, those who contributed grades here differed from PCGS just like I did. Sometimes I find PCGS grading bizarre and interesting.
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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