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Bedrock of the Community
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What would you grade this one. Just purchased another three from the same seller. These are sellers photos. Cost 94.50 pp.   |
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Bedrock of the Community
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65 pl/dmpl is my guess but your pictures would be helpful as it looks like a luster bomb.  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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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Absolutely fantastic coin! The lines on the cheek are die polishing lines that are part of the VAM. It's a little hard to see, but this appears to be one of the acid treated obverse die varieties. There are a couple light contact marks on the cheek and one lighter edge contact on the jaw line. There is one longer contact mark in the field between the portrait and the first two right stars. The reverse has something between the eagle's left wing (our visual right) and the right wreath. It's impossible to assess depth of those two larger marks from the seller's photos. Even with the worst case on those marks, I don't see anything from the seller's photos that would hold this below MS-64/64+. When you have it in hand, your photos could very well move the needle to MS-65 here. I can't tell from the seller's photos if it would have the reflective depth to make PL/DMPL, but neither would surprise me. It's certainly a date known for beautiful coins, and this is one of them. You may have snagged an MS-65 PL/DMPL at an MS-64 price here. Very nice coin! |
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Pillar of the Community
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Bedrock of the Community
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This one arrived. Nice PL but not DMPL.   |
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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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Pillar of the Community
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Your photos are excellent, and much better than the seller's photos.
It's a nice coin, with decent surfaces. Most of the marks are superficial, but whatever is going on below the eagle's left wing (our visual right) looks more significant. The reverse devices are very nice. From the seller's photos, I thought this would be a lock for 64/64+, but I can't quite get to 64+ with your much better photos. I have to revise my opinion down a half step to MS-64 PL. From the light peripheral toning, it looks like an old roll coin. It's a coin that I wouldn't hesitate to snag.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Very cool! I could go with MS64+.
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