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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
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I'll say MS-64. There's not that many marks on it.
Errers and Varietys.
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
21788 Posts |
Lib's cheek looks a little rough, but blemishes do not appear to be nicks or scratches.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
36746 Posts |
Hard to see the surfaces with these photos.
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Moderator
 United States
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A solid MS. She looks better than many of the more "busy" examples recently posted.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3325 Posts |
The time she spent in that envelope may be why I'm seeing a bit of rub here and there. This coin could well be the "gem" assigned on the envelope. I'll go MS65, but the photos don't show enough to make a PL call. Nice coin! Could be one of the "high date" varieties, but I can't zero-in on the exact VAM from the pics. Looks like a spike on the 1 perhaps. "Nummi rari mira sunt, si sumptus ferre potes." - Christophorus filius Scotiae
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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The "1" in the date is sharply doubled. I think I can see doubling in the top loops of at least the first "8," and maybe both "8"s. The bumps on the cheek may be from a rusted die. I don't know what to make of the protrusion or nick below the second "8." Just a hunch for a starting point, but this may be either VAM-4 or VAM-5. If the cheek is a relic of a rusted die, IMHO this coin is an easy MS-65. The remaining contact marks are few and far between, and some of the other marks are die clashing. This is a very nice coin. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I think the photos still have too much shadow. Some of the pictures you took earlier in this run were a bit less shadowy, at least to me. I would agree that it is probably a gem.
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Bedrock of the Community
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i think there is more going on with the obv than we can see through the glare and shadowing. MS63ish
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Posted 12/09/2025 9:40 pm
