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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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I don't know this series well enough to comment on the grade...but I'm not sure I've seen this type of toning before? I'm sure I'm wrong...just looking fwd to what the experts have to say so I can learn. We miss you fortcollins  smat |
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Nice example. I've seen similar toning on Buffalo nickels stored undisturbed in old Whitman folders for many, many decades. Not that common, but have seen several. |
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just looking at the reverse color transitions, they are so gradual. you typically don't see that on AT coins. I found several buffs with similar toning. maybe someone more versed in toning will chime in.
a few scratches on the buff. weak reverse with probably some die polishing going on. MS66+ range
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Angel Dee's, a dealer in Virginia sold one of the finest toned buffalo sets a few years ago. That set can be seen pictured in its entirety in the link below. I think the difference I see is that the uniform luster looks different in these coins. That could be a function of having a different lighting setup but there still appears to be a difference in the quality of the surface luster. Once you click on the first image, you can scroll using the right and left arrows to view the coins in rapid succession. https://www.angeldees.com/inventorysets.php?cs=3IN 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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The Angel Dee's set sold for $830,000 in December 2016.
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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thanks for the link numismatic student. some amazing examples there. also. comparing the OPS coins to these I'm finding a several that have basically the same toning transitions. I'm sticking with my original thoughts on these that the toning is natural.
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Posted 08/27/2023 09:14 am
