It's environmental damage. Looks nothing like a matte finish. It's not cool to have more than one user name on this site.
66
63
Nice original looking coin.
64 and 63
Die crack.
No.
It's just normal toning caused by the way the coin was stored over the years.
Both are large date.
That's not true in many ways. Try selling raw high end coins. It would limit the buyers and bids. It's not wise to ignore the value of the grading...
Yes on the bean.
I see them as a variety of the coin type/issue. I'm good with those that wish to call them error coins.
64
You joined CT again with a new user name?
67 Really nice.
NGC would have gave it a 67. With PCGS 66 to a 67 is a big jump mostly related to luster.
I'll go with yes on the Franklin.
Yes to the bean.
66 Nice coin. Dick was a great guy. He had the best GTG contest this site has ever had. Seems like it went on for almost two years. We used to...
Don't look right to me. Send it in and work out the price after that.
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