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what do you all think of this coin? thanks!   |
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AU55. Seems rubbed in obverse beyond the high points.
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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 AU55 |
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Nice coin, looks M-LDS based on obverse inner circle mostly gone at S1-S3 and strengthening/progression of cracks?
AU53 with a few scattered light marks obv/ref (mainly left field of bust, on neck/chin and below wreath), a bit splotchy color-wise, doesn't matter, I like it anyway!
Member ANA - EAC - TNA - SSDC - CCT #890 "Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossible before they were done." -- Louis D. Brandeis Edited by paralyse
12/17/2022 12:58 pm
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TPG Grade MS62RB EAC Grade red brown 50/58 Net AU55 Weaker struck on the obverse and the hits on the chin and neck, the reverse is spectacular for a lightly circulated coin, very little to fault there at all, maybe just the darker area in AMERICA and the tiny tick marks at 6:00.
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Love the crackage and overall look of the coin.
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I'll say AU-55 as well. Beautiful example.
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Pillar of the Community
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Nice example. I'll say TPG AU58, EAC AU53 |
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Nice coin, I'll go with AU-55.
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seems like everyone is pretty close together on the grade here. I'm in the same range. I grade it slab au58 and EAC 50 net 45 average+. the high points on the leaves show wear as does the hair (most noticeable on the lock over the eye). it is lightly circulated and well preserved with no major problems. there are scattered minor nicks throughout. most notable to me are the one on the neck, another on the chin and several at 6:00 on the reverse. I think some people would net this one a point or two for the splotchy color. I personally like the color on this one (the pictures represent it well). I'm tempted to 50 no net this one or 53 net 50 it. its a nice coin.
to my knowledge this one hasnt been graded by the third party guys. it was purchased from dealer Tom Reynolds who graded it EAC 50 net 45 and had written "tied for condition census 11" on the envelope. today 45+ is CC14 and 45 average is CC15. regardless there arent many coins nicer than this one out there. there are quite a few nice examples though. its not too challenging to find this variety in an EAC35 or so.
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12/18/2022 1:20 pm
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Nice AU-58 with great eye appeal.
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