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<p>[QUOTE="Mountain Man, post: 4662830, member: 94733"]Unlikely in my opinion. It has a crack going through it. Ha, ha, ha. Couldn't resist, but seriously, using the TPG definitions: <u>NGC</u>, <i>To qualify for NGC's Full Bell Lines (FBL) designation, all the horizontal lines on the bell must be distinct. Often, the strike can leave the lower bell lines incomplete. The rarity of the FBL designation varies across the series, though coins from San Francisco consistently have trouble qualifying.</i></p><p><u>PCGS</u>, <i>When the bottom set of lines across the Liberty Bell is complete and uninterrupted, a regular-strike Mint State 60 or above Franklin Half Dollar receives the designation Full Bell Lines (FBL). If these lines are obscured by marks, strike, planchet defects, or other problems, the coin will not receive the FBL designation.</i></p><p>I don't think it qualifies.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Mountain Man, post: 4662830, member: 94733"]Unlikely in my opinion. It has a crack going through it. Ha, ha, ha. Couldn't resist, but seriously, using the TPG definitions: [U]NGC[/U], [I]To qualify for NGC's Full Bell Lines (FBL) designation, all the horizontal lines on the bell must be distinct. Often, the strike can leave the lower bell lines incomplete. The rarity of the FBL designation varies across the series, though coins from San Francisco consistently have trouble qualifying.[/I] [U]PCGS[/U], [I]When the bottom set of lines across the Liberty Bell is complete and uninterrupted, a regular-strike Mint State 60 or above Franklin Half Dollar receives the designation Full Bell Lines (FBL). If these lines are obscured by marks, strike, planchet defects, or other problems, the coin will not receive the FBL designation.[/I] I don't think it qualifies.[/QUOTE]
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