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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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Bedrock of the Community
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That is a remarkably well-struck coin, numismatic student.
Inordinately fascinated by bits of metal with strange markings and figures
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Bedrock of the Community
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I'll say uncirculated.
Errers and Varietys.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Does look UNC. These get bent very easily so that would be a concern with an uncertified piece. My guess is MS63.
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Pillar of the Community
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I'd say MS-63. Nice luster and interesting die cracks. I don't see anything that would detail it.
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Bedrock of the Community
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i agree the reverse is very nice indeed. beautiful button definition and stars. i'd say the reverse is MS64. these coins are tough to grade to how thin they are. I think they had to reduce the strike to not bend the coin so you typically see weakness in the strike. I think the obv is about a 63. I think you need to go with the obv on this one so I'm in at MS63 and if it grades at that you killed another one.
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Bedrock of the Community
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I don't think the small scratches are bad enough for a details grade. But it will hold it to MS-62.
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Pillar of the Community
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very nice again! MS-62 or 63
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the stars circling the reverse are all fully struck up. Just weighing in to agree with you that this coin was especially well struck. Nice job! "If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
-----Ghanaian proverb
"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
-----King Adz
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Bedrock of the Community
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AU58 in my opinion; a nice example to be sure, but a bit concerned about the two parallel scratches (?) on the obverse.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Great looking 3¢ Silver. At least 62 - and a great deal on that coin.
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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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Bedrock of the Community
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lighting in the original photos are hiding some areas we are seeing on the in-hand photos. grade change to AU58
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Bedrock of the Community
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I agree it appears AU+ in the second images. Still a nice one though.
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Posted 02/18/2024 10:31 pm
