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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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Pillar of the Community
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Looking at this on my phone, I'd take a stab at AU53 and with excellent eye appeal!
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United States
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Nice coin! Comparing it to PCGS photograde, the obverse looks AU in sharpness. The reverse is a little harder to assess. Your coin shows better detail on the talons, leg feathers and fletching than the XF-45 example but shows more flatness in some of the wing feather detail than the AU-50 example. Considering the lack of luster I feel comfortable calling this AU-50 in my opinion based upon these pics. I think $152 was fair.
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Bedrock of the Community
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My thought is it looks cleaned. That said those images are not very good and it has near AU detail. For $152 there's not a lot of risk giving it a shot.
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I forgot it was Bad Seller Photos Thursday.....  At a buck fifty I would have grab it....low au camp |
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photos not showing what this coin looks like in hand. if they are accurate then I'm calling details (cleaned) otherwise AU50 but I'm betting the surfaces are not original
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Bedrock of the Community
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11880 Posts |
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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It's XF40 and cleaned but not harshly cleaned. Could still straight grade on a given day.
CDN Greysheet bid is $140 with CDN Retail at $180 in XF. Sounds like a fair deal for $152.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Thanks to all for sharing your thoughts.  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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Sellers juiced pictures were deceiving on this one. I would be disappointed and send it back. I'm downgrading to XF details cleaned.
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I agree with MisterT, pictures clearly doctored, especially the right obverse field. I would return on principle alone.
Edited by adam126402
03/31/2025 8:01 pm
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This seller is shameful. In their terrible photoshopping inadvertently added another S mint mark. Or that's how it looks to me based on the pics. And check out the scratch on the reverse above the eagles head in NS pics which was erased by the seller among many other alterations. Who is this seller, so we can all avoid them?  Edited by adam126402
03/31/2025 8:32 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Seller goes by 'waynsharma-0' on ebay. I actually like the coin. It looks better in hand so I'll be keeping it. 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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I'd keep it for a $152 also. It appears the sellers images were poor and out of focus. There's nothing in the right obverse field to "cover-up", the coin retains some of its original patina and looks like a well-struck piece from them mint.
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Posted 03/27/2025 3:54 pm
