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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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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
 United States
25030 Posts |
I'm not good at grading but I'll throw out MS 62 Details - scratches, scrape on ribbon, cleaned
Inordinately fascinated by bits of metal with strange markings and figures
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1143 Posts |
MS-62 and yes it looks like it had a cleaning along time ago. I went and looked at the auction. Left wondering also why this it went for what it did.
Edited by cointagous
11/25/2024 8:03 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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MS details, cleaned and scratched.
Errers and Varietys.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
5394 Posts |
Clearly not NEW. Old cleaning ( but probably
Market acceptable) . Shows minimal wear .
AU 55 would possibly straight grade in todays
environment.
Would look good in my early dollar set!
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
94367 Posts |
Not a fan to be honest.  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
36678 Posts |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
12057 Posts |
I suspect the reverse scratches curtailed the value. At this price level, buyers can afford to be picky. There are also a few scratches in front of the face.
I love the huge obverse die break, though.
Gradewise AU55.
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
5177 Posts |
The stars look fake to me. I doubt the authenticity of this coin.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
94367 Posts |
Really?  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
5177 Posts |
An AU Draped Bust Dollar doesn't go for $3,500. Alarm bells should go off.
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Pillar of the Community
Portugal
655 Posts |
Could not say it was cleaned. But I was never good at judging silver from photos.
The scratches are noticeable, pity. But pretty despite them..
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4989 Posts |
>> An AU Draped Bust Dollar doesn't go for $3,500. Alarm bells should go off.
Looking at auction prices that is fairly typical for a 1798 Large Eagle with AU details. I buy good AU details coins occasionally because many are excellent, have some minor flaw, and trade at 50% or less of a clean coin.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I'd say AU-55, can't tell if it is details or not - they are very lenient on these.
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