UPDATE (1953 Franklin Half...New Purchase)

JMOORE

It's been nearly 20 years since I have collected coins.
Now that I have started collecting again I'm sure that I will make a few "mistakes" until I get a feel for grading again.

I know that it is hard to grade from a scan, but I just purchased this one on eBay and would like your opinions.
The seller says it's a 66, but I'm just hoping for at least a 65.

Thanks!!

Jim

Ronyahski

I like it. Original.

zenny

don't let lucy see that beauty, fortunately it's probably margarita time.....

LucyBop

JMOORE, I'm sorry to say that the Franklin you are showing looks counterfit.... But don't feel bad, just to show you how nice some of us board members can be, I'm ready to give you what you paid for this obviously fake coin.

zenny

the girl's got radar!

oldcameoproofsguy

Welcome to the forums.

The toning is very nice. It is difficult to determine the strike from the scan. The typical 1953 will be poorly struck.

The coin looks very clean.

FC57Coins

I took your picture and blew it up to screen size. It does look like a nice original mint set coin. Hopefully you got a good deal on it. 1953's are very tough to find in gem condition. I would say - without being able to see the bell lines that you have a good MS65. Good luck with the bell lines!

Frank

homerunhall

Looks OK to me, but you never can tell what those PCGS guys will do...David Hall

FC57Coins

Oh come now David - a little faith - we all have it

JMOORE

PM Sent

greghansen

Pretty. Can't grade the damn things though. I'm pretty sure its at least AU. LOL. Good luck.

Greg Hansen
Melbourne, FL

smprfi

If you ever need to talk to LucyBop Just put Franklin in the title and she will be there in minutes.
Welcome aboard too.

LucyBop

Did somebody say Franklin????

MrKelso

<< <i>It's been nearly 20 years since I have collected coins.
Now that I have started collecting again I'm sure that I will make a few "mistakes" until I get a feel for grading again.

I know that it is hard to grade from a scan, but I just purchased this one on eBay and would like your opinions.
The seller says it's a 66, but I'm just hoping for at least a 65.

Thanks!!

Jim


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Looks real nice I can't see the bell lines and have no way to blow it up as i am working off a laptop today but it looks like it would blow out at 65.
PS don't let Lucy see it.

Ooopppsss Never mind i just read and Lucy has already seen it.

JMOORE

This is what it really looks like and it is going back to the seller.

It must of been the lighting that made it look so good in the auction pic.

Soft strike. No eye appeal to me.

TomB

I have a somewhat more ascerbic eye for what happened. I believe the seller intentionally lied to you to get the auction to generate more bids and a higher selling price and then the seller hoped that the buyer would be too timid to return the item or would not want to go through the hassle and would just eat it. Why do I say that? Because the image in the auction is soooooooo different from what you just posted that I believe there is no way a completely honest and observant seller could have listed the coin with its auction image and could have possibly not mentioned how different the coin looked in reality.

This is assuming that your image is how the coin really looks and also assuming that the auction description did not state that the coin looked nothing like the picture. Too bad.

Russ

Damn, that's a dramatic difference! Almost as bad as the screw job I got on an 1825 Bust half.

Russ, NCNE

mbbiker

Russ

PS: Who's the seller?

Russ, NCNE

airplanenut

I'd ask for a FULL refund, including s/h... that is deception... maybe a neutral for such a bad picture, unless he said it was nothing like the pic?

Jeremy

PS- Lucy responded in ONLY 4 minutes!

JMOORE

The scan does not look exactly like the coin, but it is closer then the photos listed in the auction.

The coin DOES have luster that shows thru the toning but does not show up on the scan. But the color is just not there like it is in the photo. It also has a couple of (what I think are) good sized ticks under the toning on the cheek.

The coins in all of his other auctions look great too.

Link To Original Auction

From his feedback I don't think I'll have a problem returning it. I guess we will see.

Thanks!!!
Jim