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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Skyman, post: 2251367, member: 28299&quot;]Here are a couple raw toned Frankies for the Dansco. Given that they&#039;re raw Dansco&#039;s they are just meant to be fun inexpensive projects.</p><p><br /></p><p>In 1959 the Mint stopped using paper and cardboard for Mint Sets, and started using plastic flatpacks instead. Because of this it is MUCH more difficult to find decently toned Franklins from the 1959 - 1963 era, than from previous years. The P was bought at a show, and I got the D via a friend. I like the P mint because it not only has a striated toning pattern on the reverse, but it also clearly shows lettering on the obverse from being included in an old Whitman folder. The striated toning pattern (seen on the reverse) appears on some 1960 Franklins. Given the lack of paper in the Mint Set packaging it is not an effect of Mint Set paper toning.&nbsp; In all cases that I have seen it only appears on one side of a coin. This is a pattern that also occasionally occurs in 1959 (and VERY rarely in other years). The best explanation that I&#039;ve heard is that something occurred in the rolling of the sheets of metal that would end up becoming planchets. FWIW, I also found a decently toned 1959 Franklin with this pattern to include in the Dansco, so you can see the coins essentially next to each other.&nbsp; FWIW, IMO the 1960-D is the toughest date/mm Franklin to find with decent toning.&nbsp; The images are by Bob Campbell, and I think he did an excellent job.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m246/SkyMan58/FranklinsRaw/rFR60-63/bc1960_rFR2o3_zps5eeeb77d.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><img src="http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m246/SkyMan58/FranklinsRaw/rFR60-63/bc1960_rFR2r2th_zpsd3289a47.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m246/SkyMan58/FranklinsRaw/rFR60-63/bc1960D_rFRo5_zps57854c83.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><img src="http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m246/SkyMan58/FranklinsRaw/rFR60-63/bc1960D_rFRr1_zps40207548.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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