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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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Way out of my league. I'd put it around VF-30. Surfaces are certainly market acceptable.
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Bedrock of the Community
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The first of the two varieties, B-1, with the spiked "E" in LIBERTY
VF35; but the tricky part with early silver is distinguishing file/adjustment marks from scratches; I am not qualified to determine that, so it would need an expert's eye across the bust/cheek/forehead to determine the nature of those marks.
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Bedrock of the Community
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i was bouncing between VF30 and VF35. I'm going with VF30 on this one.
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Spectacular example of early USA classic coinage.  Take a look at my other hobby ... http://www.jk-dk.art |
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Wicked nice 'low 6' example.
TPGs grade early American coinage by some magic formula unknown to mere humans.
I think it's EF40, no idea what's on the slab though.
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TPGs grade early American coinage by some magic formula unknown to mere humans.  i used to take into consideration weak strike vs wear. apparently you can't do that so now I come up with a grade taking it into consideration and then drop the coin a grade |
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Bedrock of the Community
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This one is in an NGC XF Details holder due to Reverse Scratches and sold for $30,650. Interesting that the scratches pointed out were in the obverse and wonder if it is mislabeled and should say OBV Scratches.  https://www.ngccoin.com/certlookup/.../NGCDetails/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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Bedrock of the Community
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There's some marks under the eagle's left wing that extend out to the wreath, but I don't see anything really worthy of a DETAILS grade.
The obverse is much more noticeable IMO unless those are file / planchet adjustment marks.
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I'm with paralyse on the details designation.
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