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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;BUncirculated, post: 1855480, member: 29581&quot;]I agree there is no one standard for the FBL; however, NGC assesses both top and bottom set of bell lines when determining the FBL designation, as both sets of lines should be.</p><p><br /></p><p>PCGS, only looks at the bottom set of lines.</p><p><br /></p><p>CAC breaks it down into three groups:</p><p><br /></p><p>1. NON-FBL</p><p><br /></p><p>2. NEAR-FBL <span style="color: #ff0000">No such thing as a near FBL, both sets of lines are either full, or they&#039;re not. There is no in between.</span></p><p><br /></p><p>3. FBL</p><p><br /></p><p>I also question several of the photos on CAC&#039;s page for the reference FBL, as several of those images are clearly not an FBL for they contain strong enough hits interrupting the bell lines it could not be an FBL even by NGC&#039;s standards.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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