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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Skyman, post: 1127474, member: 28299&quot;]Here&#039;s a coin that drove me nuts trying to get into the correct slab.&nbsp; There are plenty of fugly toned &#039;49-D&#039;s out there, but for those of you that don&#039;t know about toner Franklins, finding a nicely toned 1949-D is amongst the hardest of all the coins in the series to find attractively toned, particularly with FBL.&nbsp; I originally bought this coin (about 20 years ago) as an NGC MS65, before either NGC or PCGS were giving Franklins the FBL designation.&nbsp; About 5 years ago I sent it back to NGC for designation review.&nbsp; Why it didn&#039;t FBL at NGC at that point in time was beyond me.&nbsp; I eventually sent it to PCGS.&nbsp; PCGS tends to be tougher on dark toned Franklins for whatever reasons, so in the first go around it probably got a 64fbl, but as I kept it in the slab they DNC&#039;ed it the first time. Anyhow, after about a year I sent it back again and they MS65FBL&#039;ed it. WAHOOO!!! IMO this coin is FULLY deserving of the MS65FBL grade.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m246/SkyMan58/Frankies/49dms65-1Sm.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m246/SkyMan58/Frankies/49dms65-5Sm.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m246/SkyMan58/Frankies/49dms65-6Sm.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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