New years GTG

The slab is what caught my eye not necessarily the coin. Then I saw what made me buy it. By the way the slab was discounted for the reputation.




Guess the grade in the poll, and below if you want to guess the slab and what caught my eye.

 

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I said MS66 just because you said "discounted for the reputation" and we're supposed to guess the grade on the slab. I assumed this means it's way overgraded. I'd give is MS63-64 otherwise. I have no idea what caught your eye or whose slab it is.

 

PR65 DDR 801
FBL?

 

MS60. The bell has a crack in it. Happy New Year!

 

Maybe it is the wrong set of words, This company started up in the mid 80's and had a different approach to grading.

 

A crack and the writing isn't legible. Why is that women holding a hammer? LOL.

 

Why is she holding that hammer? It's dirty, and needs a harsh cleaning. lol

 

That's an interesting guess. How can it be PR when it's a 1961-D?

 

65

 

Looks like a MS-64/65 borderline to me. I'm not sure about it being FBL or not. The strike is there, but the hits along the lines may disqualify it in the eyes of some grading companies.

All that being said, I think it's a MS-64 FBL.

 

Below is a photo of the original Liberty bell. This bell rang for nearly 100 years before the crack was noticed.
The Inscription reads:
Proclaim LIBERTY Throughout all the Land unto all the Inhabitants Thereof Lev. XXV. v X.
By Order of the ASSEMBLY of the Province of PENSYLVANIA for the State House in PhiladA
Pass and Stow
Philada
MDCCLIII.
This happens to be the third bell ordered to be hung in Independence Hall. (Pennsylvania State Hall) The first was made in a foundry in England. And had cracked upon arrival.
John Pass and John Stow took the bell melted it and cast it again.
City officials in Philadelphia scheduled a public celebration with free food and drink for the testing of the new bell. The sound was not accepted and was mocked. Pass and Stow took the bell and recast it a 2nd time.

By William Zhang - https://www.flickr.com/photos/willzhang05/33650671514/, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=96282122

Metal workers widened the thin crack to prevent its farther spread and restore the tone of the bell using a technique called "stop drilling". The wide "crack" in the Liberty Bell is actually the repair job! Look carefully and you'll see over 40 drill bit marks in that wide "crack". But, the repair was not successful. The Public Ledger newspaper reported that the repair failed when another fissure developed. This second crack, running from the abbreviation for "Philadelphia" up through the word "Liberty", silenced the bell forever.

 

It not a basement slabber. LOL
@SensibleSal66 and @Barney McRae I don't know what to do with you two.
read above.

 

LOL! The comment about the crack should have been an obvious (but poor, apparently) attempt at humor. Upon a further review, the crack in the bell should give the grade, UNC Details, damaged.

 

Not FBL.

 

Well my photos make this coin look in worse condition than it is. Most of the marks are very minor luster grazes. I would say this is a border line 64/65. It is in an accugrade holder that was started in 1984. According to the grade given they gave this a grade of
A2-65c
Full brilliant ms65 flat. I am not sure what flat means unless it is the luster which in hand is Satiny.


What caught my eye is the RPM. The PU is seen in the second rev photo.
Here is a better but not great close up.

http://varietyvista.com/11 Franklin Halves/RPM Detail Pages/1961DRPM001.htm

 

I guessed MS 64 and Accugrade (your clue about the TPG gave it away to me) before the reveal. I think the luster looks good, so not sure why they called it "flat" unless it means something else.

 

Yeah, it puzzles me also. And there isn't anyone that I know of besides you that would have an answer. Maybe @Burton Strauss III

 

Found this. It seems that Alan Hagar moved his business all around the US. Unless these were done at shows. You have Connecticut, (my example), Des Moines, Florida, Long Beach.
The Photo Cert above says that he was based in Connecticut.
Defunct TPG Certs & Slabs | Old Slab Holders

 

I looked at that grade and their explanation. I can only come away with it's a commercial strike, grade 65 and not proof or proof like. A2 is full strike brilliant uncirculated according to their chart. (note the example they use at the bottom of the chart).