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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;WillGK, post: 5130669, member: 115517&quot;]Maybe my final FBL question: </p><p><br /></p><p>This coin looks OK, better than the photos. The reverse looks OK, but I thought that it wasn’t FBL.&nbsp; Then I got out a loupe and took a close look, and I can just about see full lines going across, except for right next to the crack.&nbsp; If it is FBL and BU it might have decent value. </p><p><br /></p><p>It’s sort of strange, in that the obverse is clearly BU, to me at least, and reasonably attractive in hand - very nice luster, no big dings.&nbsp; But on the reverse the lower edge of the bell, in the section to the left of the crack, it might be affected by the dreaded w-e-a-r word.&nbsp; At least that’s the way it looks to me.&nbsp; It looks that way because the bell lines to the left and right of the area look strong.&nbsp; The bell lines in the area look weak and barely there, which suggests to me that it may be due to the effect of some obvious friction, and not some strike weakness in this area...?</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Presumably this is a BU coin according to modern standards...?&nbsp; Might not be, back in my time, don’t know.&nbsp; But does it have FBL?&nbsp; My key point of reference is the PCGS photos.&nbsp; The “minimum FBL” picture of the illustrations - which I am including here - has puzzled me for some time.&nbsp; Looking at the right side, it seems to me that the lower bell lines disappear, due to some strike weakness.&nbsp; How can that possibly be FBL? </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1203667[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1203668[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1203669[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1203670[/ATTACH] In any event, can the weakness of the lines on my coin in the area of concern be considered analogous to the PCGS case of minimum FBL?&nbsp; I have a couple of more coins like this, and I have to decide which pile to put them in.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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