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numismatic student Bedrock of the Community United States 11894 Posts	Posted 05/22/2023 2:13 pm I thought bout bidding on this but did the price just climbed out of what I was willing to pay. I bought from this seller before and he posts scans that make the color muted. I can't 100% tell what the coin looks like but he has a return privilege so I am happy to see in hand. Sold for $928. Thoughts? Thanks! 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 Report this Post to the Staff

paralyse Bedrock of the Community United States 12057 Posts	Posted 05/22/2023 2:55 pm No way to judge the surfaces from those photos, so all I can judge is the sharpness, which is around AU53. A rim hit from another coin is seen in the horizontal shield lines on the reverse, and possibly an issue on the obverse shield as well at LIBERTY (a nick at B, and some odd marks below BER?) If those photos are even remotely accurate it looks like it went for an excessively long swim in the dip jar - no luster, chalky white appearance. Hard pass for that kind of money (if it were me) with those photos, return privileges notwithstanding. 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 Report this Post to the Staff
Ty2020b Pillar of the Community United States 4680 Posts	Posted 05/22/2023 3:27 pm Price seems steep to me. At a minimum, it's over dipped. Potential bigger issues in the fields surrounding the date and over Liberty's right shoulder. Can't tell whether they are scratches or die polishing. AU50 Details. Report this Post to the Staff
BH1964 Bedrock of the Community United States 10982 Posts	Posted 05/22/2023 6:52 pm Looks like a dipped out AU piece but the pics are greatly over-exposed so you never know. Coins with that color don't do much for me so here's to hoping it's better in-hand. And there's a fair chance it will be better than what we see here. ANA #R3154474 Report this Post to the Staff
sel_69l Bedrock of the Community Australia 21788 Posts	Posted 05/23/2023 04:11 am Scans hide most small nicks and scratches. That makes it very hard for a buyer to properly assess any coin in the MS-60 to -66 condition range. Thus, It also makes it easier to give a seller who posts scans a safe miss. Far better if digital photographs with good lighting are posted instead. Edited by sel_69l 05/23/2023 04:14 am Report this Post to the Staff
panzaldi Bedrock of the Community United States 18670 Posts	Posted 05/23/2023 08:41 am boy if I was selling a $1000 coin I sure would want the best photos I could get to get the most for it. the photos make the coin look like it was over dipped. glare and scanning can hide a lot of little things as described already. low to mid AU. cant tell if she grades straight. if you did make that comment I would have detailed it Report this Post to the Staff
sel_69l Bedrock of the Community Australia 21788 Posts	Posted 05/23/2023 08:58 am For comparative quality in photography view Google Images Heritage Auctions Liberty Seated Dollar: Here you will see honest photography. Report this Post to the Staff
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