1949 S Franklin 50C

I'm looking for a clean '49S and have noticed some of the better grades have
tiny tarnish spots on them. Are they known for this?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1949-S-FRAN...915391?hash=item35f70a51ff:g:W6oAAOSwf-VWZwLl

 

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Depending on how they were stored, and the ones from mint sets are most likely to tone also .

 

Is it tarnish on the silver?

 

Toning.... Jerry

 

The one you linked to looks like a mint set toner, and pretty close to FBL.

 

Toning caused by sulfur oxidation...isn't that the same as tarnish?

 

Yes ...you're looking for a white specimen shouldn't be to hard to find.

 

White specimens without the mint set toning are not difficult to locate

 

Try and buy from a dealer that prices from the greysheet, my buddy did and got a ms65FBL for $120.... which ended up being a couple hundred lower than the retail value

 

Yes, if you choose to use the term. On a coin, though, using "tarnish" to describe toning is an easy way to get flamed. Some are pretty passionate about toning.

This one's kind of ugly and over market anyway.

Now that's a score! This issue is pricey in FBL.

 

Potato...pototo, it's a change in the surface composition of the coin.

 

Yea, but he just couldn't resist throwing it up on EBay and making a handsome profit off of it..... Would I do the same? Probably, but then again I don't collect Franklin's (just toners) ,he is trying to put a set together...

 

FWIW, IMO, given the toning, that coin was first in a Mint Set, and then placed in an envelope at some point in time. The darker splotchy toning is classic mint set, and the blueish pinkish hues are common envelope hues.