FBL attribution and toning

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Question about FBL grading when there's toning on the lower bell lines. What if say the entire right side of the bell crack is clearly FBL, but some toning on the left side near the crack covers up the bell lines? How does PCGS grade these, from your experience? Do they have any special way to detect the condition (in this case, strike) under the toning? I guess the same would apply to other series such as FB, FS, etc. I have a coin that I'm pretty sure is FBL but I can't tell for sure due to the toning and am wondering whether or not I should send in for regrade. Thanks.

Jcarney

<< <i>Question about FBL grading when there's toning on the lower bell lines. What if say the entire right side of the bell crack is clearly FBL, but some toning on the left side near the crack covers up the bell lines? How does PCGS grade these, from your experience? Do they have any special way to detect the condition (in this case, strike) under the toning? I guess the same would apply to other series such as FB, FS, etc. I have a coin that I'm pretty sure is FBL but I can't tell for sure due to the toning and am wondering whether or not I should send in for regrade. Thanks. >>



I've never really seen a Franklin with toning so heavy that it physically "covers up" a feature of the coin. Dark toning can make the bell lines hard to see, but I can usually see what I need to by rotating the coin under a 5x with good light.

LindeDad

<< <i>but I can usually see what I need to by rotating the coin under a 5x with good light. >>



Same as how the graders do it.

LanceNewmanOCC

<< <i>Dark toning can make the bell lines hard to see, but I can usually see what I need to by rotating the coin under a 5x with good light. >>


+1

if it fills parts of the design, then it is not toning.
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