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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 950738, member: 112&quot;]First of all you need to know this - </p><p><br /></p><p><i>1948-1959 Franklin, type 1 eagle (4 feathers to left of perch)</i></p><p><i>Type 2 eagles appear on proofs from 1956 to 1963.&nbsp; A very few business strikes also appear with the type 2 eagle, from 1958 and 1959.&nbsp; </i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>-1960-1963, type 1 eagle</i></p><p><i>It appears that the obverse hub slowly deteriorated until 1959, at which time a new hub was created.&nbsp; Besides the restoration of detail, the hub of 1960 cannot easily be distinguished from the hub of 1948.&nbsp; On the sharpest, earliest coins, Franklins&#039;s hair shows details throughout, with no &quot;bald&quot; areas.</i></p><p><br /></p><p>Then you need to study this - <a href="http://wnccoins.com/0014.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://wnccoins.com/0014.htm" rel="nofollow">Grading Mint State Franklin Half Dollars</a></p><p><br /></p><p>NGC FBL - both the top and bottom sets of bell lines must be sharp and clear all the way across the coin, with no breaks except at the crack.</p><p><br /></p><p>PCGS FBL - only the bottom set of bell lines must be sharp and clear all the way across the coin, with no breaks except at the crack.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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