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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;airedale, post: 128492, member: 4695&quot;]Here is the description:</p><p><b>THIS IS ONE GORGEOUS HEAVY CAMEO EXAMPLE OF A 1952 FRANKLIN HALF DOLLAR! The mirrors on both sides are shimmering smooth deep jet black. The exceptional HEAVILY FROSTED DEVICES CREATE AN EXCELLENT CAMEO CONTRAST ON BOTH SIDES!! Very scarce as such on a 1952 Franklin. </b></p><p><b>WONDERFUL EYE APPEAL! Don’t pass up this opportunity. There is absolutely no haze or toning on this splendid pure white beauty. The surfaces are very clean.</b></p><p>The seller has 4500 positive feedbacks on eBay selling many coins in excess of $3000.00. He has been doing this for 7 years. Are you really 18 years old Speedy? I remember when I turned 18, I was in awe of how unenlightened I was at 17 and so happy that I knew everything at 18. Is this little picture any better?</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is an excerpt of this sellers outlook and this writer believes the future will bear this out!</p><p>FOLKS, CAREFULLY CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING IF YOU ARE SERIOUSLY INTERESTED IN THE REAL CREAM OF PROOFS:</p><p><br /></p><p>The 2 major grading services are so wound up in discerning the ever so subtle minutia that separates a 66 from 67, a 67 from a 68, etc…that they very often miss the BIG PICTURE. As recently as the mid 1980&#039;s, we all bought coins based mostly on our own personal perception of the aesthetic “eye appeal” of a given mint state or proof coin. We were willing to pay more for the nicer, more eye appealing examples...and such examples were assigned &quot;higher grades&quot; by words such as &quot;gem proof&quot; which was nicer coin than a &quot;choice proof&quot;, &quot;superb gem proof&quot; which was better than a &quot;gem proof&quot;. Nobody…I mean nobody…was concerned about the tiniest hairline that only the very sharpest professional could find with his highly trained eagle eye. Today, the &quot;registry folks&quot; stomp on each other to buy a PCGS 69 coin at a truly ludicrous price…and not because the coin looks even the tiniest bit better than its 68 counterpart. Can they see the difference with their own eyes? 9 out of 10 registry collectors cannot see the difference!! They buy it ONLY because PCGS says its better on the grading tag!!!! And to add insult to injury, if you crack out 10 pre-1972 PCGS proof 69 coins and resubmit them to PCGS for grading, it is exceedingly likely that 5 or even more of them will get only a 68 on regrade!!!</p><p><br /></p><p>It is true that PCI standards for numeric grade, cameo designation, and deep cameo designation are not quite as strict as those of the 2 major services. The fair value market prices reflect this quite well (in some cases too well, i.e.. undervalued). But be clear about this: PCI has not lost sight of the BIG PICTURE! Coins with clearly nicer eye appeal are generally awarded higher numerical grades. Coins with clear cameo contrast are awarded the designation without splitting hairs about it (the 2 major services try to split the tiniest hairs). Coins with exceptionally strong cameo contrast are acknowledged with the deep cameo designation again without trying to split hairs! For proofs there will never be enough cameos designated by the 2 major services to support full collections. There are a few dates/denominations that were simply not made with enough cameo frost to satisfy their excessively strict standards. </p><p><br /></p><p>The moral of this story is simple. If you want to build a full collection of really beautiful cameo frosted proof coins don&#039;t hold out strictly for PCGS/NGC examples. Buy them in PCI holders, and/or raw and sprinkle a few PCGS/NGC examples into the collection if you want to and your finances allow it. Your collection will be affordable and tremendously rewarding!!!</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Now for me! Would I pay $25,000.00 for a PCGS PR67 DC example or $325.00 for this coin. I think I would buy this one and use the $24,675.00 saved to buy other items!</b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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