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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Skyman, post: 3410031, member: 28299&quot;]With regards to the 1955 Franklin...</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>For those of you on CT that do not know, this coin was posted on CU using SOLELY the TruView image.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Part of my reply was, &quot;... Assuming the colors in the image are correct, IMO your Franklin is AT. There are a few indicators. First off, the untoned circular splotches on the obverse are often exhibited by coins that have a liquid applied. The splotches are where air bubbles have surfaced. This is somewhat supported by the kind of liquidy look of the obverse peripheral toning from roughly 11 to 3 o&#039;clock. My best guess is that that area is where the liquid ponded. Second, the blue exhibited on the obverse and reverse is not your common 1955 blue, which tends to be a much darker blue. The blue that is exhibited on both your obverse and reverse is a color that is often seen on a well known coin doctor&#039;s productions. The &quot;reddish&quot; color of the upper area of the reverse, roughly from 10 to 2 o&#039;clock is very commonly seen with the blue associated with this doctor&#039;s coin products...&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>The slab images (given the auction sticker on the reverse I&#039;m guessing they&#039;re GreatCollections auction images) do make the Franklin look closer to MA, and thus acceptable to PCGS.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>The obverse colors still look off for a 1955 Franklin.&nbsp; The reverse blue and the purple above it look more acceptable in the slab image, than the blue/red combo in the TV.&nbsp; I will point out though that the circular splotchiness becomes much more noticeable on the reverse in the slab image than in the TV image.&nbsp; Still, those muted circular splotches on the reverse (by which I mean the planchet has some toning in the splotchy/circular areas) are a relatively common look on Mint Set toned Franklins.&nbsp; I still believe the coin is AT, but obviously PCGS called it MA.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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