Some Eye Candy for the Frankie Fans

JadeRareCoin

Here's one for the Frankie lovers. It was difficult to capture the color on this coins for 2 reasons; 1) I took the images at our table at the ILNA show today and the lighting was not the best, and 2) the coin is iridescent and changes colors as it is rotated in the light. Note that I included 2 images of the obverse and notice that the colors change with only a slight angle change. It's a really neat coin. If you care to test your grading skills, feel free to guess the grade assigned by PCGS.




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foodude

Nice. I wish I could have made this show.

goose3

not bad for a Frankie!

anoldgoat

A fresh brillo pad will take that rust right off of there.

LucyBop

Looks nice...

I'll guess a ms65fbl on this one.....

Though I need to see it in person....

Obviously if its relatively hit free and strong luster, this one would not look out of place in a six holder...

CoinAddict

SWEET!!!!!! Great color.

sliderider

The obverse images are nice, but that reverse scares me.

FC57Coins

Im willing to wager that those obverses are stunning - enough said.

JadeRareCoin

I should have mentioned that this is NOT our coin. Another dealer showed it to us today and I asked if I could take a few images.......just because I am a coin nerd. It really is nicer than the images would indicate.

I will share the PCGS grade after a few more guesses are made in this thread. Is LucyBop the only one brave enough to grade from a digital image????

TonedCoinTrader

PCGS MS 66 FBL

kieferscoins

MS-65FBL

Cameron Kiefer

JadeRareCoin

Myqqy

That's a great looking coin- what's the premium they're looking for due to the nice colors??

JadeRareCoin

what's the premium they're looking for due to the nice colors??

I am not sure. I was told the price, but I tuned out after I heard the words "one thous........". I would rather buy a bust or seated half at that level, mainly because I don't deal much with Franklin Halves. I was, however, stunned by the beauty of the coin, hence this thread.

I also thought that it was a bit better than MS-64. All of the opinions posted to this thread confirm my suspicions, although I know that it's difficult to accurately grade from an image. My guess was that PCGS was a bit tight on the grade because of the massive jump it takes in MS-65 FBL.

Anyway, hope you enjoyed the images. I wish you could see the coin in person........awesome. Come to the ILNA show and I will point you in the right direction. We are at tables 65 and 66 (first 2 tables as you walk in the door).

Dennis