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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Urban_Lawyer, post: 1460982, member: 36361&quot;]Any good advice on figuring out when a circulated Franklin Half may be a proof instead of a business strike?</p><p><br /></p><p>I paid a visit to my favorite pawn shop dive the other day to pursuse their junk silver tray and I picked up a couple of walking liberty halves and a couple of Franklins.&nbsp; I got home and noticed one of the Franklins was covered in some sort of sticky, tan mess that kind of reminded me of what remains when you take a sticker off of a plastic CD tray.&nbsp; I NEVER do this, but I decided (since it was junk silver anyway) to dry a little tap water and detergent to get the stick off of the coin.&nbsp; Two minutes (and a cotton t-shirt dry) later the coin was gorgeous.&nbsp; And it was SHINY.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Could it be a proof strike instead of a business strike?&nbsp; Any good way to tell them apart?&nbsp; (It is a 1958 no-mark - Philly - for your information).&nbsp; Or did I completely ruin the coin and forever relegate the Frankie to the junk tray because of my home fix-it job?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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