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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 before he raised prices. These are sellers photos. Cost 94.50 pp. Melt on these today is almost 91.00.   |
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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
United States
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I'll say MS-64.
Errers and Varietys.
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Pillar of the Community
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Bedrock of the Community
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This one arrived.   |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
11880 Posts |
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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United States
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For an 1889, this is a very nice coin. The strike is average, maybe a little better than average. The die state is average. The surfaces are much less baggy than most.
There is just a bit too much noise on the obverse for me to get to MS-64. I see the obverse as MS-63, reverse as MS-64, net MS-63. A plus designation on the 63 is certainly possible here. Nice 1889!
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the 89(P) can be soft. this one is AVG+ for strike. reverse solid MS65
overall I think it would come in at MS64+. it might push 65 on a good day
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