Posted 08/17/2024 10:52 am
Thanks again ark. 
I agree that the 78-S looks higher grade by a substantial amount. The seller pictures of the 78-S is out of focus and the surfaces of both coins are a little difficult to assess via the photos. In spite of that, there seemed to be enough that I could see to take a chance. At the very least, they appear to have sidestepped the cleaning that was prevalent and acceptable in the past.
I agree that the 78-S looks higher grade by a substantial amount. The seller pictures of the 78-S is out of focus and the surfaces of both coins are a little difficult to assess via the photos. In spite of that, there seemed to be enough that I could see to take a chance. At the very least, they appear to have sidestepped the cleaning that was prevalent and acceptable in the past.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."
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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
Edited by numismatic student
08/17/2024 10:54 am
08/17/2024 10:54 am
