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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Personal finances were kinda tight when I started collecting Barbers. There were (and still are, alas) stern spousal objections to any grand purchases. So it's perhaps less than outstanding. Not too bad, I hope. What say you?   |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I'll say AU-50, perhaps 53.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2596 Posts |
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
594 Posts |
I like it well enough to hope it's an MS-62 or 63 despite the few obverse tics.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4233 Posts |
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
599 Posts |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
11888 Posts |
61, maybe 62. Lots of obverse hits but a really nice reverse. Not seeing any wear. Strike softness in laurel behind ear and hair above brow. Otherwise has a nice strike with all obverse stars fully split.
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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Pillar of the Community
United States
1143 Posts |
MS-62 for me based on the number of contact marks.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
18665 Posts |
if it wasnt for the strike would have called it a PR.
AU58 or MS62. I'm leaning towards the AU side.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1773 Posts |
 But I will take the other side and say MS-62. I don't think the hits in the cap will take it to a 61 as they are not in a focal area. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
959 Posts |
Your "not too bad" would be one of the top coins in my collection. One man's floor is another man's ceiling!  I think she's a beauty. MS63 wouldn't surprise me. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
12057 Posts |
AU58, great Barber!
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 |
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
1048 Posts |
I wouldn't re-submit this one, for fear that that objective grade is MS62.  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
94367 Posts |
Congrats - I was sure off on that one!  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2596 Posts |
I like barbers in better condition like this one. Nice coin
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Posted 08/30/2023 8:24 pm
