1956 Benjamin Franklin Half. Dollar Beautiful Tone

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Zilliz81 Valued Member United States 138 Posts	Posted 01/31/2022 8:54 pm I got this half dollar today at a local pawn shop, I could not resist because the color is beautiful, pics don't do it justice. I got it for only 15 which is why I'm curious if this is altered somehow. This is why I placed a picture under the scope to see Report this Post to the Staff

mrwhatisit Pillar of the Community United States 2953 Posts	Posted 01/31/2022 9:00 pm That was a great price, I would have bought it that quickly also! For the grade, probably an XFish, and that doubling you see on dollar looks like Machine Doubling to me. There is a possibility of this being artificially toned, but others would have to chime in on that. Report this Post to the Staff
Greasy Fingers Pillar of the Community United States 7010 Posts	Posted 01/31/2022 11:45 pm After viewing the Heritage Auction of Toned Coins tonight, I'd say 15 bucks is one heck of a great price....Nice snag.. Report this Post to the Staff
Zilliz81 Valued Member United States 138 Posts	Posted 02/01/2022 10:20 am Thank you, I was pretty excited. I noticed they have a 1919 and 1919-d Walking Liberty half dollar for around 30 as well but they were in a case the worker didn't have a key to Report this Post to the Staff
smat45 Pillar of the Community United States 2333 Posts	Posted 02/01/2022 10:39 am Quote: I noticed they have a 1919 and 1919-d Walking Liberty half dollar for around 30 snag em! look fwd to those pics as well... Thanks for sharing smat Report this Post to the Staff
T-BOP Rest in Peace United States 18456 Posts	Posted 02/01/2022 6:13 pm EF-45 to AU-50. Not sure about the toning on this Franklin . Report this Post to the Staff
IndianGoldEagle Bedrock of the Community United States 36710 Posts	Posted 02/02/2022 1:16 pm Decent price but too hard to grade a toned coin like this from photos. Report this Post to the Staff
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