new raw 1948 franklin : give me your grade opinion. pcgs grade results 6/15/12 trueview pics

deltadimeman

i will submit this one to pcgs for grading, what do you think ? you will not hurt my feelings, give me your honest opinion.

trueview and grade results on second page of thread

lasvegasteddy

65
reverse image a lil hard to give fbl
looks like it though

devious

66 or higher plus a very good chance at FBL, however, I am unable to determine that as a fact. Good luck!

lcoopie

are there scratches on the bell?
if not 65 FBL

braddick

Like the front, not so much the back.

if that isn't friction on the cheek, MS'ish 64

coinman23885

The toning can easily hide marks. I am going with MS64 to MS65, and the coin would probably receive a FBL designation from PCGS.

DIMEMAN

I really like it. And I am in the 65 camp.

melvin289

I'll go 65 and possibly FBL. Nice coin, I like it.

Ron

rainbowroosie

Color looks off.

SkyMan

FROM THE IMAGES technically, for nicks and dings, it is clean enough to 66. However, the color appears dark enough to drop it to a 65. Furthermore I agree with RR that the color appears off. FWIW, it appears to be FBL.

magikbilly

Hello,

I looked at this several time today. My first impression remains - the coin is bland and odd to me. Having seen the comments about color being off I guess I agree.

Best,
Eric

JJM

64FBL

georgiacop50

Color looks fine to me, as do the bell lines.

Based on the images, it is either 58, 64, 65, or 66.

Windycity

I wouldn't be surprised if PCGS says environmental damage as the toning appears a bit rough. Missing luster. Hard to tell by the pictures.

frnklnlvr

I think maybe MS64FBL.

Have you checked it for a doubled die? There's quite a few known for 1948. Link to dlbd. die listings

BillJones

The coin appears to be an MS-65 although the toning on the bell muddles the picture to the point where there might be marks or even a rub under. The 65 grade is based upon an assumption that nothing bad is hiding under the reverse toning.

ricko

Looks like it spent hours in a bedpan...not attractive at all IMO... Cheers, RickO

ModCrewman

I'd say 65 FBL, but hard to tell from those pictures.

joeykoins

Yes cool coin, but with another post, for some reason It looks odd! Cleaned? for your sake I hope not! Good Luck.

deltadimeman

ricko, i didn't know you could tone coins in a bedpan, i think i will go buy one and try it out ! lol !

deltadimeman

i received the grade i wanted, and i am thankful !

ms66fbl

georgiacop50

As is usual, nice job DDM!