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<p>[QUOTE="lordmarcovan, post: 7922981, member: 10461"]Here is the Franklin half from my old early-2000s 20th century type set. It was a DCAM. Even though these low-res images were produced on my ancient, 1998-vintage flatbed scanner at the time, you can see the contrast on this coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>Had there been small brilliant areas (frost breaks) in any of the devices, PCGS would have more likely given this coin a CAM designation, or no designation at all (brilliant), rather than awarding it a DCAM. Its black-and-white appearance was much more striking in hand than in these old scans.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://caimages.collectors.com/coinimages/524/04823210/LMMTS31.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="lordmarcovan, post: 7922981, member: 10461"]Here is the Franklin half from my old early-2000s 20th century type set. It was a DCAM. Even though these low-res images were produced on my ancient, 1998-vintage flatbed scanner at the time, you can see the contrast on this coin. Had there been small brilliant areas (frost breaks) in any of the devices, PCGS would have more likely given this coin a CAM designation, or no designation at all (brilliant), rather than awarding it a DCAM. Its black-and-white appearance was much more striking in hand than in these old scans. [IMG]https://caimages.collectors.com/coinimages/524/04823210/LMMTS31.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE]
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