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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;BUncirculated, post: 1354968, member: 29581&quot;]You have to understand that both NGC and PCGS each have their own, differing, standards for an FBL. One says only one set of the bell lines must be full and uninterrupted, while the other says both sets of bell lines must be.</p><p><br /></p><p>My opinion, there are two sets of bell lines on the original liberty bell, and it&#039;s incorporated into the reverse design on the Franklin half, and they should both be distinguishable, uninterrupted, all the way from side of the bell to the other. </p><p><br /></p><p>Since I don&#039;t go out of my way to buy, specifically, slabbed coins, I do from time to time purchase them when the raw version is not available through my local dealers. I have seen probably 6 NGC FBL Franklins, that I feel don&#039;t deserve that because there are bag marks that run through the bell lines and therefore deflate the FBL designation.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now I believe I am quite reserved in my grading, usually one or two marks below a TPGs opinion, or a general consensus of dealers, but I am stricter on the FBL for reasons I stated above. Both sets of lines, distinguishable, and no bag marks or scratches through them anywhere, from one side to the other.</p><p><br /></p><p>TPGs, to my knowledge and I could be wrong as I don&#039;t submit coins to either of them, do not grade coins on what would have been seen but for the fact something interferes with it being seen. If they don&#039;t see it, for whatever reason, it&#039;s not considered, nor should it be, in the grading.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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