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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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United States
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I'd have her at VF35/XF40.
Edited by pristine2
09/20/2023 9:14 pm
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Fabulous example. I say XF range.
What's happening on the reverse K3-K9?
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Bedrock of the Community
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Looks like there are a few rim bumps. Hard to predict which way graders go on a coin like this.
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
United States
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Solid XF40; I think the hair is a bit weak for 45, but on the other hand, chain cents are graded more leniently by the TPG's than any other United States coin in my experience. Rim bump reverse at K5 and a much smaller one on the obverse at K2-K3, a dig on the obverse at K7; a little roughness above the date that will not affect anything in terms of grade or value. Nevertheless, this is a beautiful example of the variety, and would be a "banner coin" for almost any collector. I'd love to have one like this but would need to win the lottery first; an attractive S-3 in XF was already a $40k coin 15 years ago and is probably a $65k+ coin now. 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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reverse looks XF40/45. obv will hold this one back a tad so I'm going with the lower end and call XF40. got to ignore rim hits on these
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XF40+
I own an S-4 example in PO1
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Bedrock of the Community
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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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Strong money for a VF30; the buyer got a nice coin that is conservatively graded and has good eye appeal, so it looks like the buyers voted with their wallets instead of relying on NGC's opinion.
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I'm betting they netted the grade on this coin as its better than VF30 due to the rim issues
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Posted 09/21/2023 05:57 am
