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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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What would you grade this one? Sellers photos.   |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I'll guess MS-64.
Errers and Varietys.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
11880 Posts |
Could be 65
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
36643 Posts |
I bought this one because I think there might be a PL surface hiding under the haze.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1510 Posts |
Looks to be a 64 or 65. Hope there is PL there for you!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
6381 Posts |
Nice frost on the devices but fields seem to have a lot of spots and marks. Hard to tell whether these are actual contact marks. Perhaps careful conservation would reveal a prooflike gem under the haze.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
36643 Posts |
Arrived. The coin was in an old flip and covered with PVC film. Gave it a bath in Acetone, then E-Z-Est. Not as nice as the sellers photos depict but it is PL.   |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
11880 Posts |
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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
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well one thing we know is this seller loves lots of light and from what I have seen the coin typically doesn't look like this in hand and your in-hand photos validates that.
MS63 looks PL
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Your treatment worked wonders on this one. I didn't grade from the seller's photos because the higher points of the coin didn't look right. Your PVC ID explains it all.
There are a lot of very small surface scratches on the obverse, especially, and a couple small nicks on the eagle's breast and rims. You brought out the original luster nicely. I can't judge whether it makes PL from the photos, but it has a nice appearance. I think there's a bit too much to make 63 here, so I'm at MS-62, and at least SPL. It's definitely nice for the grade, and would be an easy sell.
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