Please guess the assigned grade of this PCGS Franklin Half Dollar and vote in the attached poll. Thank you! As always, comments welcome!
My personal grade would be MS65. Depending on when PCGS graded this, given their grading standards of 1 - 5 years ago, I'd say MS66FBL.
I am the lone vote at 67 FBL. To me, it is original, fully lustrous, colorful, eye appealing, and lacking major marks in the focal areas.
The way PCGS was grading these before the last year or so, I wouldn't be surprised by a 67 FBL grade. I see too many marks to justify above MS65 personally; however, I realize that grade inflation has hit this series very hard. I have seen many older blue holder and OGH 65s go 67 in a regrade submission. That's part of the reason the prices for this series have fallen so much.
They are very tiny marks, and could be areas that aren't fully struck up, in part. The coin is better than most. These are graded first and foremost on luster, and this one is 67 all day.