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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Purchased six Morgans from a seller for about $109 each. This is the fifth of these coins. Seller had generally bad pictures and some were better than others. This only had an obverse picture but bought the coins as a group thinking that there was enough value in the other coins that were visible to justify the batch purchase. Maybe hold your thoughts until the coin arrives and I can photograph it for you? Thanks!   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 be waiting.  Errers and Varietys.
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Bedrock of the Community
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18645 Posts |
i would be hard pressed without better photos to pull the trigger at $109 on these. have to wait for both sides and better photos.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
36678 Posts |
Just a guess it will come in at MS-64.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3630 Posts |
Well, if it only has an obverse, it likely would be MS-30-something. If it has a reverse, that number could easily double.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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the reverse leaves me speechless...  |
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Bedrock of the Community
 United States
11880 Posts |
Some, or all of you may be puzzled by why I bought this based on just an obverse picture. Part of the reason is that it is graded by PCI at this lofty grade. Looking forward to seeing what shows up at my doorstep. Seller is currently digging out of a recent snowstorm so no idea when it will get here. This was the picture of the reverse.  Hoping for the best.  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
11880 Posts |
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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Valued Member
United States
395 Posts |
62+
Numis question do you buy these to keep? Asking because you obviously pick up a good amount of coins. Which is awesome.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
11880 Posts |
I have a coin business that I started after joining here. I don't sell a lot because I am not yet interested in selling many of my coins which I consider my babies. Mainly it serves to sell those coins that I have left after upgrades. In regard to Morgans, I have a few goals that include accumulating 1,000 mint state coins. I think I have 700-something mint state examples as well as a full date set. Many here will quibble about whether there arent a bunch of sliders in the group but having diverging opinions is the fabric of life. I think that if I include my mint state Peace dollars I am at 900+ silver dollars. 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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Valued Member
United States
395 Posts |
Wow that awesome. Cool to see the passion. Thanks for letting me know and sharing so many coins.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3630 Posts |
As PCI coins go, this one isn't bad. The heavy ding in the middle of the cheek and the cat scratches on the left obverse field are the issues. The rest of the coin is pretty nice. The cat scratches aren't deep and may look worse than they are because of what looks like an SPL obverse. I think this could make MS-63 SPL on a bourse floor. The seller's reverse photo was entertaining.  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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i cant believe you pulled the trigger on those photos.
reverse is nicely struck up and would grade MS64. thats some intense scratches on the obv MS62.
not sure that the reverse is enough to pull this one up to a net 63
MS62+
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