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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Nick A, post: 2476054, member: 80701&quot;]Thanks, been a lurker for a while off and on. I&#039;m sure I don&#039;t have the expertise in Franklins or with the TPGs to tell the difference between NGC and PCGS (I think you&#039;re hinting that one might be stricter than the other). </p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t think it would make FBL. The thing I&#039;m seeing here is that marks, what I would call contact marks, impact the FBL...it&#039;s not only the dies/strike. This coin has decently struck bell lines to the naked eye and compared to other coins it stood out as being better but, when magnified and depending on the angle, there seem to be two spots in the upper row of lines that are weaker, as well as a little gash on the left side that might knock it out. The lower set of lines seem decent, but on the very far left there&#039;s a hit on the end of the middle line that probably breaks it up too much. I&#039;ve taken a look at the FBL guide on the franklinlover and CAC website as my references, and after that...heck if I know. Probably not worth the investment on this coin to find out - instead an interesting study. I&#039;ve attached two more photos, the second photo is too washed out to really see anything. </p><p><br /></p><p>For overall grade, I think the coin has too many contact marks (specifically scrapes on cheek, shoulder and middle of bell) to make a 65. I&#039;ve looked at 65&#039;s online and overall they seem to have much &quot;cleaner&quot; surfaces.</p><p><br /></p><p>My guess is that it maybe could be a 61 or 62 and probably just a decent strike rather than FBL. But perhaps I&#039;m being too strict? </p><p><br /></p><p>I dug out a 1950-D Franklin that I bought awhile ago, it&#039;s not a bright white coin and has some hazy light iridescent toning (a look I often attribute generally as being typical of the 40s and 50s commemorative halves) but by comparison, it has much better bell lines under magnification. I think the toning makes that coin look mushy overall. I may have to get some pictures of that one and post them, as it has fewer contact marks and the bell lines are decent, it just doesn&#039;t pop, but I had picked it out as a nice coin. Maybe that one is actually the better coin of the two. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]521853[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]521854[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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