1958-D FRANKLIN HALF DOLLAR, GUESS THE GRADE.

guess the grade.

 

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Beautiful Franklin , MS-65+ .

 

Unc Details. Questionable color.

 

Lovely, MS-65.

 

+1 if in hand Franklin really looks like he hold a fuel rod for too long

 

The obverse looks like it could be passable. But the reverse looks like a blatant AT job.

 

To my understanding particularly ones from the Denver mint. I know I have a couple nicely toned 58Ds but nothing like that one.

 

Too many ticky-tacks. 63

 

the 91 in the cert number stands for questionable color.

 

If that were my coin I would crack it out and try to remove the color on the reverse. The obverse is ok to me.

 

MS64 Genuine - yes, AT - almost positive

 

What's the give away , since I don't collect these I do like a nicely toned coin .

 

Setting aside the toning propensity of different metals, the coloration itself will almost always help you determine whether you're looking at an NT or AT coin. Most artificially-toned coins have extreme coloration - the motto of the coin doctors seems to be "Go big or go home." A deep blues or purple surface, especially when coupled with abrupt color transitions, is an extremely strong indicator of artificial toning.

 

I agree - here is PCGS serial # codes - note the 91
PCGS has starting encapsulating so-called 'no-grade' coins, previously returned in a 'body bag'. The coin's encapsulation contains a code that tells the offending problem that keeps it from being encapsulated with a grade. The codes and their respective descriptions:

82 - FILED RIMS

83 - PEELING LAMINATION

84 - HOLED AND PLUGGED

90 - NOT GENUINE (NOT HOLDERED)

91 - QUESTIONABLE COLOR

92 - CLEANING

93 - PLANCHET FLAW

94 - ALTERED SURFACES

95 - SCRATCH/RIM DENT

96 - REFUND - NO SERVICE (NOT HOLDERED)

97 - ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE

98 - DAMAGE

99 - PVC RESIDUE

 

So..... You Sent it to NGC and it straight graded? Very nice, I think the date, in this sitcheeaytion, helped tremendously. If it was a 1950 per se, Idk that it would straight grade

 

Please show us the revers, did you encolored this side?

 

See the OP!