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Edited by Adam590
10/17/2025 12:48 am
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Bedrock of the Community
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AU55. Beauty.  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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Disclaimer : I have no experience or clue about this series, so I'm just throwing this out and seeing if it sticks...  ...to follow AU-53 |
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United States
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Nice looking dime. It should be in the AU class. At any rate a valuable coin for your collection.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Nice dime! All I can say is lower AU.
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Pillar of the Community
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I'll say AU58 what a beauty. Congrats.
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Pillar of the Community
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Beautiful coin and toning! Might be mint state. I'd say either AU-58 or MS-62.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Nice coin! I'll guess AU-58.
Errers and Varietys.
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Bedrock of the Community
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AU55-ish for me. This one has an abundance of character.
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Pillar of the Community
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These grades, and the range they cover (from 50/53 all the way up to 62) are fascinating to me. Which "flat" spots seem more like wear and which ones seem more like a "weak strike?" I will reveal the PCGS grade tomorrow.
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I'm in the AU58 camp. Beautiful dime, congrats!
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Which "flat" spots seem more like wear and which ones seem more like a "weak strike?" I think there is some central strike weakness, especially on the reverse, because the wing feather tips and olive branch leaves look sharp and without wear. |
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Here is the grade. For this date there aren't many that have graded MS, and only 3 have graded higher than this one. Recent auction pictures (see the ones in the post) from 2014 show a coin with very little toning. Auction photos from 2017 and 2019 show a coin with this same pattern of toning, just less blue. My question: if it has changed in the last decade, will it be stable in my safe deposit box?  |
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I fancy myself as someone who knows a thing or two about grading coins from internet pictures. Fell face first into the muck again. Congratulations on your awesome new acquisition. 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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Posted 10/16/2025 10:52 pm
