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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;7Jags, post: 8517315, member: 78719&quot;]OK as many probably know and are tired of hearing, I do like coin issues of the Franklin Mint and incessantly comb eBay, dealer lists, worldwide auctions for oddities or rarities. </p><p>I have turned up some very nice and even rare pieces. However, duds are found too and pictures can deceive. Well, here is one to follow. </p><p>It is a Panama 1982FM Balboa that looked as though it might be an uncirculated (U) or prooflike SILVER 0.500 example which would have made it unknown and unrecorded, which occasionally happens. </p><p><br /></p><p>Well, in short, answer to that is a big fat “No” as it turned out to be a mishandled proof. The photos show the coin as it came and then after surface restoration &amp; the after pictures less obvious in hand. </p><p><br /></p><p>Before:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1505950[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1505951[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>after:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1505954[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1505955[/ATTACH]&nbsp; &nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1505953[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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