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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Skyman, post: 2797428, member: 28299&quot;]I&#039;ve been collecting toned Franklins for about 30 years now.&nbsp; IMO the imaged coin is UNQUESTIONABLY an AT Franklin.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s a link to my Registry set, which should give you some info on toning on Franklins:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://coins.www.collectors-society.com/registry/coins/SetListing.aspx?PeopleSetID=8611&amp;Ranking=ngc" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://coins.www.collectors-society.com/registry/coins/SetListing.aspx?PeopleSetID=8611&amp;Ranking=ngc" rel="nofollow">https://coins.www.collectors-society.com/registry/coins/SetListing.aspx?PeopleSetID=8611&amp;Ranking=ngc</a></p><p><br /></p><p>I would STRONGLY recommend that after you&#039;ve read the &quot;Set Description&quot; you click on either the &quot;Gallery&quot; or &quot;Slideshow&quot; buttons and look at the coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>FWIW, there are 5 ways that Franklins primarily tone up; Mint Set, Album, Envelope, End of Roll (EOR), and assorted holders. (And, of course, AT).&nbsp; Paper/cardboard Mint Sets were produced in 1948 - 1949 and 1951 - 1958. These are the ones that will produce classic Mint Set toning. There were no Mint Sets produced in 1950, and from 1959 onwards the Mint packaged Mint Sets in flatpack plastic, which, for the most part, did not allow coins to tone.</p><p><br /></p><p>In my Registry collection</p><p><br /></p><p>I would say the following coins are Mint Set toned:</p><p>1948 PD, 1949 PDS, 1951 PS, 1952 PDS, 1953 DS, 1954 PDS, 1955, 1956, 1957 PD, and 1958 PD.</p><p><br /></p><p>I would say the following coins are album toned:</p><p>1950 D, 1961 D, 1963 PD.</p><p><br /></p><p>I would say the following coins are Envelope toned:</p><p>1950 P, 1951 D, 1953 P, 1961 P, and 1962 P. (Possibly 1962 D).</p><p><br /></p><p>The following coins are in the assorted holder category:</p><p>1959 PD, 1960 D.</p><p><br /></p><p>Sometimes people would stick a flatpack era Franklin in a cardboard era cardboard holder for the toning. I suspect that is what occurred to the 1960 P. Speaking of that coin, and the 1959 P for that matter, SOMETIMES the P mint silver coins of those two years would get linear toning stripes on one side of the coin. No one is exactly sure why, but the best theory that I&#039;ve heard of is it had something to do with the rolling process for the silver sheet the planchets were stamped out of.</p><p><br /></p><p>I hope this helps with your understanding of toning on Franklins.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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