1955 Franklin Half - Grading And FBL Thoughts?

the reason I noted this as a cleaned or lightly polished coin is that when looking at the scratches on the reverse across the bell and below it, they are consistent with with a long swipe with a cloth or something abrasive and are far to long to have come from just banging up against a coin where you would see short nicks or scratches. I think if you look along the bottom of the obverse you will some discoloration. from my observation I think they were attempting to remove that. looking closely at the reverse you can still see some remnants of that same discoloration across the bottom half of the coin exactly where the swipe/scratches are located. look at the cheek. these marks are from contact with other coins. very different from the others.

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