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Two Franklin Halves - 1948 & 1955

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How would you grade these two Franklins?

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Two-Franklin-Halves---1948-&-1955
Two-Franklin-Halves---1948-&-1955
Two-Franklin-Halves---1948-&-1955
Two-Franklin-Halves---1948-&-1955
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 Posted 07/10/2009  8:31 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add echizento to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
A bit hard to say because of the dark toning but I would grade these as AU-55 and AU-53.
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 Posted 07/10/2009  10:39 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add yotie to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
in hand I bet they look MS60
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Of the two, the 1955 has a lot more lustre. I didn't capture it very well in the pictures.
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I agree with yotie, lower MS.
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Honest, the 48 looks as if xf-45. Hair on Ben is worn and
smooth. Reverse bell lines are worn and showing signs of
circulation.

The 55 maybe a AU at best. I treasure Franklin Halve dollars and
set up collections for each of my 10 grand children. Any smoothness
on the hair of Ben on the Obverse show it to be in a Circulated or
About Uncirculated condition.

On the Reverse when the bell lines have any smoothness or
wear then this degrades the coin from ms/au to xf

For the best information I use the ANA grading standards.
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