Four 1960-D Frankies, to dip or not to dip, that is the question???

MadMarty

Here are 4 1960-D Frankies (still in the mint pack cello). These are ugly coins... The scans are huge to I linked them. I would like to know the opinions of grade, FBL and should I dip them or submit them as is...

Again the scans are huge...

1960-D Franklins Obverse
1960-D Franklins Reverse

greghansen

I can't tell a durn thing about the grades or the FBL issue, but please...guy those dudes a bath for sure!

prooflike

There's nothing wrong with dipping to remove distracting spots or haze.

Even if you don't submit them, they should be dipped clean.

mbbiker

Yes i think Ben needs to do a little skinny dipping.

FC57Coins

Yikes!!! Go forth and dip merrily - for thy halves doth sucketh upon the land!

Actually they look pretty nice for mint set halves, but just so you know what a genuine-bonafide-superduper MS65FBL blast white 1960D half looks like

Cam40

It took so long to download the pics that I,m sure to toneing is now twice as dark.

Really though,I dont think dipping will help these Frankies.The amount of time they would need to sit in a solution to
take away all the toneing would strip ALL the luster that may be hideing under that dark color.They have a better shot at high grade just the way they are.Remember,eye-appeal is subjective.One mans trash is another mans treasure.

MadMarty

Bump

ksteelheader

You may be very suprised at what you have, if you cut them out of the cello from the mint. I just took some out of the cello over the weekend, and they turned out to be some very good looking coins. That yellowish cello hides some nice coins!

LucyBop

Those Frankies seem to have some very clean surfaces with minimal bagmarks.... But even with the blown up scans its hard to make a call on these other then I would also think Frankie could us a good splish splash and give him a bath, with your dancing shoes on! I also cannot tell if it is FBL from this picture... Looking through mant mint sets I have always thought the 60d was kinda easy to find in a FBL, just the coins are almost always bagmarked and nik'd.............Knocking the grade down to no better then a ms64....

morganbarber

Either dip that third one or don't post it's picture again.