Wow, I actually bought a FRANKIE. Go figure. (I think you'll understand why.) *Update- coin in ha
lordmarcovan
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Business strike Franklins have never appealed to me a whole bunch but I do like 'em in CAM and DCAM proof with some frost.
With Cameo contrast and frost AND colorful target toning, in an OGH holder, well... I couldn't resist.
I look forward to seeing this one.
With Cameo contrast and frost AND colorful target toning, in an OGH holder, well... I couldn't resist.
I look forward to seeing this one.
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Nice coin! MJ
Fellas, leave the tight pants to the ladies. If I can count the coins in your pockets you better use them to call a tailor. Stay thirsty my friends......
That is a stunning coin.
Please post your pictures when it arrives.
Enjoy!
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<< <i>Please post your pictures when it arrives. >>
That would only serve to make it look horrible, I fear. I'll be using the previous owner's pix. I will try to update when it arrives to say how it looks in hand. I am sure it will be nice.
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maybe only slightly enhanced to bring out the colors.
to add: i hope i,m dead wrong anyway.
"Because I can"
myurl The Franklin All Old Green Holder Set
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<< <i>i dont know but the pics look alittle juiced, but not too too much. maybe only slightly enhanced to bring out the colors. >>
Actually they are, a tiny bit.
Did it myself. Just brightened them a tiny bit since the originals looked a tad dark, and merged obverse/reverse into a single picture. But that's all I did.
Here they are, unbrightened.
Dan
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Good eye My Lord
Mike
Please let us know if, in hand, it sparkles with the same smooth eye catching appeal that is represented in the photo?
peacockcoins
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Careful though - those cameos can be addictive!
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My digital cameo album 1950-64 Cameos - take a look!
K
<< <i>i dont know but the pics look alittle juiced, but not too too much.
maybe only slightly enhanced to bring out the colors.
to add: i hope i,m dead wrong anyway.
Color matched front and back.
how many dozen do you want ?
<< <i>move on to the MS Toners now -
how many dozen do you want ? >>
"Because I can"
myurl The Franklin All Old Green Holder Set
Forget the 'toned side'....he's gone over to the 'un-holey side'!
Nice looking Cam there Lord M
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Me too. Actually, I bought a partial set of them. Nothing better than 64, none is a key date, and nothing's toned. But it's still a very cool deal. BTW, did I mention that all of them are struck on quarter planchets?
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<< <i>Wow, I actually bought a FRANKIE.
Me too. Actually, I bought a partial set of them. Nothing better than 64, none is a key date, and nothing's toned. But it's still a very cool deal. BTW, did I mention that all of them are struck on quarter planchets? >>
Frankies are now officially Smokin' Hot!
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<< <i>Oh no LordM...say it isn't so..... you have gone over to the 'toned side'... >>
If it ain't too big a premium, I'm there. I won't pay multiples of a coin's value for a toner, but if I see one with little or no premium I'll pounce. Peer pressure is a powerful thing.
<< <i>Forget the 'toned side'....he's gone over to the 'un-holey side'! >>
Oh, like the only thing I buy is holey coins. Ha. Holeys are a relatively late pursuit for me, only since the millennium. And I don't even buy them that much anymore, though some still find me.
The coin is in hand now.
Comparing it to the pictures above (which I brightened a little but did not "juice" in color terms), it does look much more subtle in hand. And the pix might have been "juiced" a tiny bit before I brightened them. In hand, the colors are not nearly so prominent- just a sort of gold at the rims. The cameo contrast is OK and the coin does indeed have very nice eye appeal. It is not a "monster toner" by any stretch of the imagination but it is a very nice proof Franklin half. I don't have any regrets, I reckon.
I'd scan it but my scanner would give a completely inaccurate result as well.