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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;WingedLiberty, post: 1258001, member: 26030&quot;]I just got these images back from PCGS TrueView Photographic Service, where the coins are cracked out of the slab and photographed raw. The color and detail one can capture without having the slab plastic in the way is truly great.&nbsp; These two coins I consider visual sisters, the toning color is so similar. </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;On the Walker (PCGS MS66), a coin I bought off eBay in June, I have never seen a better toned example. I love the way the red and gold toning help accentuate the coins detail.&nbsp; It&#039;s extremely rare to find such attractive toning covering 100% of both sides. </p><p><br /></p><p>On the Franklin (PCGS MS65 FBL), a mid-July eBay pickup, 1959 is an especially tough date to find toned since that was the first year after the U.S.Mint got rid of the cardboard holders for Mint Sets, which had provided a great toning catalyst for decades.&nbsp;&nbsp; I think this particular Franklin is an especially nice end-of-roll toner evidenced by the one-sided color and the sharp linear edges of toning colors on parts of the coin. Note the lighter-colored gold area with sharp well defined linear borders that starts on either side of the T in LIBERTY, and the area behind Franklin&#039;s head where another sharp linear border appears, and finally the green line above the date.&nbsp; Usually E.O.R. toners are blotchier looking than this superb example.</p><p><br /></p><p>Both of these coins had substantial toning premiums, the Walker at 2.7x, and the Franklin at 2.2x -- prices I was more than happy to pay given their tremendous eye appeal.&nbsp; I have yet to see their equal.&nbsp; The population of Walkers and Franklins with toning this attractive is extremely low.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]135891.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH]135892.vB[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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