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Nice comparison.  |
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Nice write and story from both posts...happy you found this coin and returned the other......I'll guess...since I've never held one...  ......AU53 |
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I like the detail of your example, but I'm not crazy about the surfaces, the color looks a little more pale than I'd like. The deep yellow-orange look of the AU-50 example looks more pleasing and original to my eyes.
That being said it's still an awesome coin, I see only trace amounts of wear on the high points and I think it easily makes AU-55.
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10/25/2025 12:21 am
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Must be the worn die that made the 8's look different to me.
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Thanks @IGE. Quote:
The deep yellow-orange look of the AU-50 example looks more pleasing and original to my eyes. @Adam_E, will have to see what the coin looks like when it comes in. The color in photos depends to a large degree on the color of the light source. I also did a side by side comparison with the subject coin in this thread at left and an MS62 example that is currently offered for sale for $142,500 on the right side. One thing I see is that the MS62 example at right is struck later when the dies were more worn down as the dentilation is significantly less sharp in the right side example. I think these dies were in a later state than even the earlier compared AU50 example. Seller says that the MS62 example is surpassed by just 2 MS63 examples at the top of the condition census.   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.comEdited by numismatic student
10/25/2025 9:08 pm
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One more comparison. The coin at left is the subject coin of this thread. The one at right was sold last summer. The two coins below were both graded by PCGS and received the exact same numerical grade, The coin on the right also has a CAC sticker. The coin on the right cost 40% more than what I paid for the coin on the left. Both coins seem to be struck at an early state of the die pair but note that almost all the stars in the coin on the left appear fully split while almost all the stars in the coin in the right look flat.   Normally I would have revealed the grade already but I expect to have this in hand today or tomorrow so I will reveal the grade then, alongside in hand photos of the coin. 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.comEdited by numismatic student
10/28/2025 03:09 am
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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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Color looks a lot better in your pics for sure, nice pickup!
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After seeing your in hand photos, I really surprised they didn't give this one an AU-58. Great coin!
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This one came in... Looking good! |
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Congrats on an excellent acquisition! |
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Thank you for all of your kind comments.
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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Fantastic. I am also surprised that this did not get a 58.
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Thanks psuman08. The Nittany Lions up against the #1 team in the country tomorrow. Do they have any shot? It would be a huge upset if they could pull it off.
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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