GTG 1949 Franklin Half

Picked up this beauty this week. What do y'all think?

 

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I do like the toning, MS65.

 

MS-65. FBL at PCGS but not at NGC. Nice looking coin.

 

I see a high quality coin in MS66, but no fbl at NGC.

 

It looks like an NGC holder so: MS66

This coin would easily garner FBL at PCGS but I don’t know if luster is good enough for PCGS premium gem standards. PCGS grade is MS65 FBL.

 

65 FBL

 

I should've certainly added - this is in a PCGS slab.

 

I’m revising my grade:

PCGS MS65+ FBL

 

MS65 FBL

 

65 FBL

 

MS65FBL

 

Looks like a great MS-64 to me. No FBL though.

 

MS65 no FBL.

 

65 no fbl

 

65 fbl

 

Planning on posting reveal in ~2 hours.

 

Well I got the grade right but I said no FBL due to the number of hits breaking the bell lines.

 

That is a damn nice 64. I knew once you said it was PCGS that it was FBL. They are super lenient.

 

Indeed PCGS is a bit more lenient with the FBL designation. If I'm not mistaken, they're only interested in the lower set of lines; whereas NGC will only assign the FBL designation if both the bottom and top set of lines are full.

And regardless of PCGS or NGC, I too see a few marks along the bell lines which make me question the FBL designation.

I picked this one up predominantly due to the neat obverse toning. The reverse has some spectacular luster and the fields are rather pristine (other than right below the M of UNUM). And yes, certainly the Liberty Bell device has a few contact marks - including a couple coming really close to interfering with FBL.