I just saw this PCGS 1950 PR67 Franklin Half up for auction with a BIN of $2215. Look at the rough surfaces. This is unbelievable to me. https://www.ebay.com/itm/1950-US-Si...m=372356520334&_trksid=p2047675.c100012.m1985
All i can see is a fuzzy image, it appears to have some possible nice blue toning(?) Biggest pooch of all-time?? No..... See- Pelf, Larry
I see nothing wrong with the grade, based on the images. I think what you're seeing is where the breaks in the toning make it appear rough, even though it isn't at all... just uneven.
Might be. Looked like it is die burn (Canadian term for areas that didn't have the rough parts of the planchet struck up by the die).
First, you can't grade proofs in higher grades from good pictures, much less bad, oversaturated ones. 1950 proof Franklins are often more lustrous than mirrored. It looks like I wouldn't like the toning on this one, but who knows? From the picture, I would neither buy the coin nor conclude that PCGS made a mistake.
That coin should never go plus or 68, but it doesn't look overgraded to me at 67. Maybe 66+ would've been more appropriate, hard to tell from the picture.
The sharp strike and square rims are clearly proof. Unfortunately, a lot of the Franklin proof dies were used well past when they should have been. The mirrors wore down and became very shallow, such as on this coin. If I were shopping for a Franklin proof, this is exactly the type of coin that I would avoid.
This is pretty much the standard look of a 1950, unless you want a cameo, and even some of those have somewhat shallow mirrors.
