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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;BR549, post: 981686, member: 7110&quot;]The 1961 were notorious for weak strikes which resulted in loss of hair detail on the obverse and bell line and eagle feather detail on the reverse. </p><p><br /></p><p>The top coin is a rather nice example of a Mint State coin found in circulation, albeit from a roll, and would probably fall in the range of MS-63 What concerns me are the cuts in the field on the obverse in conjunction with the nicks on Franklin’s cheek. The weak hair detail does not concern me for this grade. On this particular coin, it is very hard to determine what is going on just to the left of the bell crack? There is lots of original luster left on this coin, look at the motto area on the bell, it still has a bit of frostiness to it, a good sign. In hand or with better images provided, my analysis of condition could change.</p><p><br /></p><p>The second coin to me is still MS but it’s going to be rather low on the scale, just making 60-61 at best. There appears to be what looks like handling damage to the bell just left of the crack and Ben has taken a few significant hits as well, if this in fact a damaged area due to post mint handling, the grade will significantly fall off, maybe to even Genuine status.</p><p><br /></p><p>1 out of 2 ain’t bad</p><p><br /></p><p>Happy Collecting[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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