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1950-D Franklin Half

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 Posted 04/25/2010  12:21 am Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add Ugly to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
I'd be happy if some of the US folks could give me an idea on this. I've been running across a few orphan US coins as I empty out boxes of various (Mostly Canadian) collections I've bought over the years. Thank you.


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 Posted 04/25/2010  12:22 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Adam_E to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
nice Frankie half! XF-40 or 45?
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 Posted 04/25/2010  07:57 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add j_h_s to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Assuming the scanner didnt capture the existing luster of this
coin, I'm playing it safe at around MS62.

It has a commonly-weak strike, and nice, clean fields. I see one bag mark on the chin and I see some corrosion spots forming which may compromise my grade.


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 Posted 04/25/2010  09:51 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Ugly to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Scanner didn't do the luster justice as per usual. The corrosion spots are actually real dirt and cobweb pieces (he needs a bath in acetone) from not being stored correctly. The strike I was unsure of, thank you. I had tagged him MS 61 and he'll stay there I think. Bell lines while nice and clean don't make FBL as far as I know.

He was stored inside a hand made woolen Christmas ornament wrapped loosely in something like cling wrap....
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Sorry Ugly. They certainly are full bell lines.Great so far.Can't see the feathers on the eagle to the right of the bell though.Could be a proof coin. http://www.caccoin.com/reference-se...ference-set/
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Definitely not a Proof. Not with that "D" above the bell (if that is a "D"). Browsing through "Photo Grade" looks like maybe MS-61.
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