The kind of Frankie you'd wish you could find every week at the coinshop
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But there are soooooo painfully few of these!
For your enjoyment, a 1963 endroll toned (Blue/Teal and copper) with a blast white reverse - I believe this is a lock MS65, and it may even have a shot at FBL - Sometimes you just wonder dontcha?
For your enjoyment, a 1963 endroll toned (Blue/Teal and copper) with a blast white reverse - I believe this is a lock MS65, and it may even have a shot at FBL - Sometimes you just wonder dontcha?
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"Senorita HepKitty"
"I want a real cool Kitty from Hepcat City, to stay in step with me" - Bill Carter
Glenn
Pennies make dollars, and dollars make slabs!
....inflation must be kicking in again this dollar says spend by Dec. 31 2004!
Erik
Camelot
Nice coin and a great find. Enjoyed seeing it.
Jim
<< <i>Frank, You cease to amaze me. >>
He never ceases to amaze me.
Russ, NCNE
None of the coins have any color to speak of.
The halfs, although nice, are kinda bland.
Thought after all this time in that kind of holder there would have been at least some toning.
Got quoins?
Wonderful! That reverse looks nearly proof.
Wait a minute... I don't mean to embarass myself. Is it a proof?
Toning is a factor of where the coins have resided, for how long, and the kind of environment they've been stored in. The first thing that comes to mind is that perhaps these aren't the original coins from the mint set, but replacements. Other factors might include storage in a very dry environment, or possibly that the coin holders did not have enough "toning stuff" to react with the silver. Not all silver is going to tone pretty colors, a lot of them tone blah grey, brown of a kind of milky gray. That's the beauty of finding a colorfully toned coin!
Frank
That's a keeper alright!
Extraordinary photography as well!
We'll use our hands and hearts and if we must we'll use our heads.
Do you have it in hand? I ask, because, based on the image the bell lines look "disturbed" at the center.
Ursabear,
This reverse is a Type1 and was used in a limited capacity on proofs (1956 and prior). It is the most common business strike reverse; note the eagle's right wing for reference. The Type2 reverse was employed on all proofs after 1956.
You can find the '56 proof with both type reverses and the only business strikes reported with both reverses are 1958 and 1959.
<< <i>Do you have it in hand? I ask, because, based on the image the bell lines look "disturbed" at the center. >>
Gilbert:
You're right - the lines are weakened at the center near the bell - but they're there. The question now would be are they there enough to pass the muster at PCGS. I think they are.
Frank
Awesome find.
Lori