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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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Bedrock of the Community
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VF-30 straight grade. Tough date.
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Bedrock of the Community
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I'm at VF as well.
Errers and Varietys.
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Pillar of the Community
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vf-30 sounds about right.
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Bedrock of the Community
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This is a strange coin to grade. Looking at the dentilation, the surfaces, stars and leaves in the wreath, it looks like an AU coin. The coin looks to have been struck from fresh early state dies, especially in the reverse where the dentilation is sharp and full throughout the entire periphery. The bust of liberty is missing some detail in the hair and the bridge of of the nose. Also some stars are fully struck and split and others show not being fully split. It's off because wear does not usually appear haphazardly in certain small areas of a coin, not affecting other areas that are directly adjacent. Also you don't normally see wear on one side of a coin and not the other. I see specific areas with lack of detail in the obverse but almost no wear in the reverse. I am thinking that there may have been some grease on the obverse die that made some parts of the obverse look mushy whereas the reverse die looks to have been fresh and clean. Also, the hair above the coronet of Liberty seems "filled in" rather than worn flat that further makes the Grease Filled Die theory more likely imho. Below is a comparison of the subject coin and the VF30 plate coin for the braided hair Half Cent in PCGS Photograde. I don't think this is a VF 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.com |
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Bedrock of the Community
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Pillar of the Community
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Arguably an EF-40, no higher.
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I have to say at least EF.
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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.comEdited by numismatic student
11/26/2025 2:14 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
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Looks great!  Errers and Varietys.
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She looks much better. |
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Ugh! This one probably is going back. the scratches below the ear would most likely detail her. |
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Posted 11/21/2025 9:48 pm
