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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;physics-fan3.14, post: 621027, member: 19165&quot;]The description from my NGC Registry set: One of the better struck Franklins of the entire series, the 1952D is the second in the series from 1951 to 1954 that comes very well struck from the Denver mint, what I like to call the four sisters. It has the second highest mintage in this short set at 25.395 million (the 1954D beats it by 50k), but about half of them qualify for FBL. Frank Chiong describes the luster on the 1952D as “the creamy variety,” meaning of course that the luster is usually subdued. Bagmarks are typically present in large quantities – apparently the dies were well handled and the coins were well struck, but the mint employees didn’t take the care to preserve their product. Tomaska says that color coins for this issue are very rare, with most being drab, mottled mint set toning.</p><p><br /></p><p>Your coin seems to fit this description rather well. The luster appears to be a bit better than normal, which gives the grade a boost in my opinion. Your closeup pic of the bell lines don&#039;t make it look full, but pictures can easily be deceiving. Given the date, I would be inclined to say it probably is FBL. I wish you could give us a better pictures, but just from that small pic I would say 64 FBL.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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