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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;bsowa1029, post: 1700316, member: 34652&quot;]Honestly, none of those coins are worth either what they sold for or what was being asked for them. The pictures are a dead giveaway. They are all (washed out?). I always figure the seller has all that white area in the pics for a reason, probably hiding lots of marks..and maybe some major ones.</p><p><br /></p><p>From those pictures it would be hard to notice the marks as a beginner. Where the contact marks usually are are in the wide open fields on the obverse as well as Franklin&#039;s cheek and ear area. On the reverse I tend to see them mostly on the bell itself and here and there on the wooden upper part of the bell.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you look closely you might start to be able to see it in the pictures.</p><p><br /></p><p>The two things that have helped me the most, and I would recommend to you, in becoming familiar with this series(it happens to be my favorite) are buying a few graded coins ranging from MS64-66 some FBL some not FBL and the other is checking Franklin listings on eBay.</p><p>Just from spending a lot of time looking at some actual third party graded coins, whether it be PCGS or NGC, has helped me a lot in being able to grade raw Franklins for myself. Also checking out Franklin listings on eBay helps out so much. I look at pretty much all of the new graded and raw UNC Franklin half listings on eBay every day, from doing that I think I&#039;ve really got a good sense of which coins are of a higher quality and that has given me so much more confidence when buying.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>PS: The prices for those particular coins you listed aren&#039;t unreasonable, I just believe that with a little patience you will be able to find <i>much</i> more quality for your money.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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