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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Skyman, post: 4001271, member: 28299&quot;]For cognoscenti, a highly contrasted 1958 would certainly be worth more, although the asking price of $22,000 does seem steep.</p><p><br /></p><p>With regards to 1961 Franklins, the Franklin proof dies from 1950 - 1959 were all based on the same master die.&nbsp; If you look, you will see that Franklin proofs from the latter 1950&#039;s, particularly 1958-9, have less detail than those from 1950.&nbsp; The mint decided in 1960 to recreate the master die.&nbsp; The result was the details of the design became more distinct (although the bell lines on the reverse were not as sharply cut as on the old master die, so the bell lines did not show up as distinctly as on the early 1950&#039;s Franklins).&nbsp; The Franklin proofs minted from 1960-63 were created from dies based off of this new master die.</p><p><br /></p><p>Compared to the Franklin proof series AS A WHOLE, 1961&#039;s are relatively easy to find with an ultra deep cameo.&nbsp; One thing about them is that tend to be somewhat &quot;unbalanced&quot; in the sense that the ones with the ultimate deep cameo obverse don&#039;t have a reverse that is as deeply frosted.&nbsp; Notice I said relatively easy to find.&nbsp; 1961 is still the hardest year of the 1960-63 group of Franklins to find with ultra heavy cameos.&nbsp; FWIW, here&#039;s mine.&nbsp; It&#039;s a PCGS PR68DCAM.&nbsp; The scratch under the L of LIBERTY is on the slab.&nbsp; I&#039;ve owned it for over 15 years, and given gradeflation (and what I&#039;ve seen in slabs in shows) I would not be surprised if it upgraded.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1053421[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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