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Page 1 of 2 1 2 >   LinkBack Thread Tools Rate Thread Display Modes 10-18-2009, 02:25 AM   #1 (permalink) furham Member   Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Southern Indiana Posts: 120 My Mood: You thoughts on this 1951 Franklin Half I came across this 1951 Franklin Half that I would like your opinions on. My photography is not the best. The color is not quite right. The coin is a brilliant white. There are very few contact marks that I can see. I know it's a common coin, but to my eye it looks beautiful. __________________ Randy   10-18-2009, 02:52 AM   #2 (permalink) k9brain Junior Member     Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Jersey Shore Posts: 79 WOW, what a beautiful coin! Most Frankies are not this well struck. Do you have a grade? I'm guessing MS67.   10-18-2009, 02:54 AM   #3 (permalink) furham Member   Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Southern Indiana Posts: 120 My Mood: Quote: Originally Posted by k9brain WOW, what a beautiful coin! Most Frankies are not this well struck. Do you have a grade? I'm guessing MS67. No I don't. It's raw. __________________ Randy   10-18-2009, 03:30 AM   #4 (permalink) fretboard Defender of Old Coinage     Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Northern California Posts: 808 My Mood: Blog Entries: 2 Looks like it could be a Proof to me, very nice! How much are you paying for it? Very nice, no opinion on the grade but I'm thinking very high. Not a 70 but very high just the same.   10-18-2009, 03:51 AM   #5 (permalink) furham Member   Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Southern Indiana Posts: 120 My Mood: Quote: Originally Posted by fretboard Looks like it could be a Proof to me, very nice! How much are you paying for it? Very nice, no opinion on the grade but I'm thinking very high. Not a 70 but very high just the same. I'm not buying it. I found it in a roll that was given to me. I didn't think about it being a Proof. How can you tell the difference between a proof and a business strike? Maybe Physics Fan will show up tomorrow and provide some answers. He seems to be the most knowledgeable forum member on Franklin Halves. __________________ Randy   10-18-2009, 05:21 AM   #6 (permalink) fretboard Defender of Old Coinage     Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Northern California Posts: 808 My Mood: Blog Entries: 2 Here's a link on the differences. His hair looks proof like but the coin doesn't have the DMPL areas that it should have. The DMPL stands for "deep mirror proof like" and it refers to areas around the devices, to the right and left of Franklin's head or bust. The DMPL reference is mostly used with Morgans but it really can be used for any coin. http://coins.about.com/od/uscoins/f/proof_morgans.htm   10-18-2009, 05:48 AM   #7 (permalink) furham Member   Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Southern Indiana Posts: 120 My Mood: Thanks for the link. The surfaces don't look proof to me. At least not compared to the more modern proof coins. __________________ Randy   10-18-2009, 09:23 AM   #8 (permalink) Art Numismatist?     Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Florida Posts: 896 My Mood: Great eye-appeal. It does appear to be well struck. Nice clean new dies. Certainly a keeper.   10-18-2009, 12:26 PM   #9 (permalink) GDJMSP Numismatist     Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: PA Posts: 23,511 It's not a Proof. I would guess it would grade 65. It might go to 66 is the needed luster is there, but the quality of luster cannot be determined in these pics. __________________ knowledge ..... share it   10-18-2009, 12:30 PM   #10 (permalink) jello Numismatist     Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Alabama Posts: 2,842 My Mood: MS64 Full Bell Line/FBL __________________ no one right 100% of the time ***The only dumb question is the one not asked***   10-18-2009, 12:31 PM   #11 (permalink) edssco Junior Member   Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 2 Nice coin for sure,I would say MS65 .You say you found it a roll ?   10-18-2009, 01:05 PM   #12 (permalink) furham Member   Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Southern Indiana Posts: 120 My Mood: Quote: Originally Posted by GDJMSP It's not a Proof. I would guess it would grade 65. It might go to 66 is the needed luster is there, but the quality of luster cannot be determined in these pics. Believe me the luster is there I just can't capture it in my photos. __________________ Randy   10-18-2009, 01:18 PM   #13 (permalink) furham Member   Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Southern Indiana Posts: 120 My Mood: Quote: Originally Posted by edssco Nice coin for sure,I would say MS65 .You say you found it a roll ? Yes. It was in a roll given to me by my wife's cousin along with this interesting coin, and in this case the color is pretty close to the actual coin. __________________ Randy   10-18-2009, 01:27 PM   #14 (permalink) Wheaties fan Junior Member     Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: leonard michigan Posts: 64 My Mood: Blog Entries: 2 great coin Last edited by Wheaties fan; 10-18-2009 at 05:25 PM.   10-18-2009, 03:17 PM   #15 (permalink) Ahab Member   Join Date: May 2009 Location: Oracle, Az. 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