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Going from the provided pictures, I would call this a 65. As GDJMSP indicates, the luster is what will really determine the grade on this one....
Yes, they are die polish lines. Someone at the mint took a brush and polished the die before the coin was struck.
Thanks y'all. Glad ya like it!
Discussion of prooflike Franklin's just posted here: http://www.cointalk.com/t74503/
The Prooflike Franklin Forget what you’ve heard of the rarity of the 1953S with Full Bell Lines. Forget what you’ve heard of the scarcity of...
Because its blatantly AT and ugly as heck.
Nice 1950! I got mine in 2005 for $100, and you can see it in my registry set below. Yours appears nice, bright, lusterous, and attractive.
I recently purchased the second one because it was such a perfect match to the first. Only when it came did I discover that they were sequential...
When I was a kid, my aunt spent several years as the personal stewardess to some Indian Guru Maharaja or something. This guy went all over the...
Oh, and welcome to the forum!
The books I read when I was starting are incredibly useful: Coin Collecting for Dummies (has a lot of the basics) along with The Coin Collectors...
I don't know much of anything about Irish and Scottish coinage, but I'm thinking of expanding my shilling typeset to these.
I would call it Fine by American standards. British standards, maybe VG? I'm not so good with y'all's scale.
How about seeing one in my backyard? That was an unforgettable experience. I would choose the Walking Liberty Half. Beautiful, artistic, symbolic.
Y'all are ragging on ICG for doing this, but NGC and PCGS do it too. I just recently sold a 1960D NGC MS64FBL that was in a 1960 (w/o mintmark) slab.
I'm pretty sure I've posted most of these here before: [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] [IMG]
That almost certainly happened post striking.
I just recently starting getting a few Kennedy's. As you all know, I'm crazy about the Franklin's, but my business strike set is nearing...
Thanks! I agree, low grade circulated Franklin's are rather ugly. High grade, well struck coins are nice though!
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