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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.comEdited by numismatic student
11/27/2022 4:37 pm
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dang NS. that is a fabulous coin. thanks for sharing!
im not confident in my grades on these. looks MS to me. looks lightly hairlined on the obverse. maybe strait grade 62? I honestly dont really know.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Thanks CC. One thing I notice is that the bust of Liberty in the obverse is really pushed out to the right side of the coin. Not aware that there is an off-center variety of this coin like some 1795 draped bust dollars. Liberty is really far from star 1 on the left side but is touching star 13. Seems like an error in centering the bust in the obverse correctly.   Left of the bust, hair in the back, is so far from star 1. 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
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shes a beauty.
i'd say AU58 or MS60. I'm leaning a really nice AU58. these early dollars a tough when they are on the cusp especially one looking this good
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Bedrock of the Community
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Gorgeous! When I hit the Lotto this is the type of coin I want to buy. AU-58
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Pillar of the Community
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Beautiful! I'd say AU-58. As far as I know, this is the bust position for all 1806 bust halves.
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If this were a Morgan dollar I'd say the dull areas in the fields are due to circulation and peg it at AU-58. But, this a draped bust half, with significant luster in the fields and generous mint frost over the devices on both sides. If it's been cleaned it could fool me. I'm going mint state, with small ticks and stains as the grade-limiting factors. Seems like a solid MS-63 with a shot at 64, assisted by excellent overall eye appeal. Beautiful coin. Care to share the purchase price? |
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Thanks for the kind comments. A deal is proposed - If I get 25 earnest guesses at the price from 25 different CCF members before the 48 hours are up I will reveal what I paid for the coin. I will even give a numismatic prize to the closest guess without going over a la Price is Right. Let me think on the prize and will post it later here.
One guess per customer.
If a member has multiple guess, the first guess will apply.
If more than one person guesses correctly, the first correct guess wins.
25 earnest guesses are needed for the prize to be awarded.
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.comEdited by numismatic student
11/28/2022 8:31 pm
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thats fun. ill throw my hat in the ring
$23,503.87
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Bedrock of the Community
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11880 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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Beautiful coin! I will guess $14,000
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I'm with several others on this one seems like an AU58 and just shy of Mint State I think, could go as high as MS63, but I think it's graded AU.
As to the price paid? I'm guessing $10,550.00
"Buy the Book Before You Buy the Coin" - Aaron R. Feldman - "And read it" - Me 2013! ANA Life Member #3288 in good standing since 1981, ANS, Early American Coppers Member (EAC), Colonial Coin Collectors Club member (C4), Conder Token Collector Club member (CTCC), Civil War Token Society (CWTS) member, Liberty Seated Collectors Club (LSCC) & Numismatic Bibliomania Society member (NBS), USMex, Member in good standing, 2¢ variety collector. See my want page: http://goccf.com/t/140440 |
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I will say AU 58 $10,750.00. what a coin. love it.
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Pillar of the Community
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Very nice and congrats! I would say MS62 - 63. And my guess would be $23,650.
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Pillar of the Community
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I'm sticking with AU-58, and I'll guess a flat $11,000.
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