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
Looks OK on my large computer monitor, but I would like to examine this one in hand with a 10x loupe, (just as the TPGraders do), before committing more than $900 to the purchase.
Nice very very nice. Lean it up take pics canted on something in direct window light I'm sure there's cartwheels galore on this lovely specimen. With these pics I'm MS-64 if it throws rays off in 5 directions whats to stop Gem territory? Thanks for sharing this gorgeous coin.
Thanks for your kind responses. I also am eager to see what the luster looks like in hand and why the two sides look so far apart in color. The coin is in a SEGS holder marked gem. Larry Briggs, author of the widely used Liberty Seated quarter reference guide runs SEGS and he seems to be a competent grader. Love that his slabs have been tested to be airtight, chemically inert, the coin holder is separate from the label compartment and the slab IDs the coin in the top of the case - all innovations that he has patented. Shame that his TPG product didn't get more traction. These are seller's photos. Will probably do a video when the coin comes in.
I hear that Larry is in poor health and that he isn't as active as he was in the past. Hopefully he is ok.
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
I think the ANACS holders aren't really top label but sort of sloping top into the front which makes them sort of legible from the top. It's weird and maybe different enough to not infringe on the patent. Here are some details about what he was up to: https://www.segsgrading.com/Content/OurProduct. He also color codes his labels based on coin type.
There's also a video on YT where he discusses how he was frustrated by the TPG holdered coins rotating inside the holder. His holder and insert has a flat portion at top which prevents the coin from rotating. You would have thought that other TPGs would have solved that one sooner.
Here's his interesting interview which was the only one I could find about him on YT.
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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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