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Bedrock of the Community
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What would you grade this one?   |
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Bedrock of the Community
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64
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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I'll say MS-63.
Errers and Varietys.
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Pillar of the Community
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Very nice 1898-O.
Most of what I am seeing is superficial disruption of the frost. There are a few dings on the devices and more in the fields, but only three deeper knocks, two on the cheek and the other on the eagle's breast. There are several pinprick marks on the cheek and near the ear. Those marks hold this coin under MS-65.
Overall, this looks like a strong MS-64, and possibly 64+.
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Bedrock of the Community
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back off the overhead a little IGE. really makes it tough to see the surfaces properly. nice amount of luster present. I think most of the chatter is rub. might pull MS64 as the luster could push it over the line
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Bedrock of the Community
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May I ask what you paid for these in this new era of $103/oz silver? Melt value is $80 and I'm wondering whether there is any premium charged these days for choice unc morgans.
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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94.50 each for the 4 coins. Getting hard to find frosty Unc's under $100 now.
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Thanks. Good to see that there is still a $15 premium. Was it painful to pull the trigger at that price? I still haven't adjusted to the new pricing. Probably easier because the coins look so nice and full of luster.
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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You have no idea how much it hurt!. I use to buy these in '72 for $60 a roll. I'm a sucker for nice eye appeal frosty coins even if I have to spend more.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Feels like a new numismatic world. I know that many feel that prices will collapse back to what it was a few months ago based on their prior experience, and they may be right, but to me it doesn't seem likely as overall prices have moved higher systematically and look to continue to rise higher.
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 agree with you NS, this feels far different than 1979, 2011. I will keep buying on the way up.
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