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She does look a little sad. After all, both ex-presidents died on July 4, 1826, exactly 50 years after the Declaration of Independence. What say you?:   Edited by pristine2
08/27/2023 4:58 pm
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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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Not a huge fan, cleaned and retoned. AU-50 straight.
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i think the coin is stronger than a 50 so I'm going to say AU53. jacrispies may be correct on a clean and re-tone
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I agree with 53. Reverse is struck with a worn out die. Without the field scratches on the obv, this would be a 55.
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I'll say AU-53. Most attractive.
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I think she's pretty, and I'm glad to have her in the harem. If she was cleaned, it was in the 19th century, and it didn't seem to bother PCGS.  Edited by pristine2
08/29/2023 4:43 pm
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First of all, it is a beautiful coin, thanks for sharing it. Second, EF(45) seems really harsh, and I am wondering if there's a bit of a "net grade" going on here as a result of a suspected cleaning many years ago. Either way, buy the coin and not the holder, and this makes the average EF(45) CBH pale in comparison. Great coin!
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Lacking the luster needed for a high grade. Clearly a net grade for a previously altered AU in my eyes.
Certainly has great detail for the grade!
Suffering from bust half fever. Want to learn how to attribute early half dollars by die variety? Click Here: http://goccf.com/t/434955Shoot me a PM if you are looking to sell bust halves. Edited by jacrispies
08/30/2023 12:26 am
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 the coin is significantly better than a 45. I'm in the "they net graded this" box rather than details the coin |
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