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Is Heavy Frost Highly Valued?

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 Posted 10/02/2009  7:44 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add hippiebrian to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
"Frosted" is a term cooked up just to make a coin sound better and then maybe sell for more. The proper numismatic terms, like stated, are cameo and deep cameo.

No matter what the dealer calls it, however, if you like the coin and it seems like a good deal to you, buy it!
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 Posted 10/02/2009  7:56 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Kabiye_Lady to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
noo_mis_muh_tist,

That Franklin you've posted earlier is a Deep or Ultra Cameo as it is presented in the photo.

Compare your photo with Biokemist's example and you'll see they're similar.

Wheezy's example is Cameo - "frosted" if you will.

I think the problem is that for older coins (pre 1965), "frost" is more difficult to distinguish. I know this may bring down the wrath of some, but so be it.

There are 1950's DCAMS that don't even hold a torch to a 1998 DCAM. Night and day. Different standards. Frost in 1951 was different that frost in 1990!
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