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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
United States
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Will wait for in hand photos.  Errers and Varietys.
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Bedrock of the Community
 United States
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similar look as the 81S. it might be a decent one
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Could be an MS-65. Only time will tell.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Your ability to find nice coins hidden behind awful photos always amazes me.
On the obverse, I see scratches near the curl above the eye and an E-W edge ding on the cap below the ribbon. I also see two longer scratches, one from the bridge of the nose to the ear and another from the upper lip to the lower hair. on the reverse, there's something (die polishing lines? scratches?) below the eagle's lower right wing (our visual left). There are also two longer lines (die cracks? scratches?) between the middle of the eagle's left wing and the "E" of AMERICA and the eagle's lower left wing and the "I" of AMERICA.
I can't get a feel for surface originality here, but the coin seems rather reflective.
Just an early guess, but maybe at least MS-63-ish if it has original surfaces. This one could run better with your in-hand photos.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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20% above melt makes it look pretty good to me....... |
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Bedrock of the Community
 United States
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Some, or all of you may be less puzzled by why I bought this as there are decent photos of both sides. 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.   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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Looks like a nice one, just not seeing PL.
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Bedrock of the Community
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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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United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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The central devices are pretty nice, but there's a LOT of chatter in the fields. I don't know if the long scratch in front of the nose would detail it. Apart from that scratch, it looks like it could make MS-63, and maybe SPL but not PL.
I don't know what vineyard or vintage IPC was guzzling, but it must have been a very good year. Good grief.
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