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Who are the Franklin Half Guru's 'round here these days?

Since Bushmaster got booted it just doesn't seem as "Frankie" around here anymore.
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“In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock." - Thomas Jefferson
My digital cameo album 1950-64 Cameos - take a look!
My icon IS my coin. It is a gem 1949 FBL Franklin.
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My icon IS my coin. It is a gem 1949 FBL Franklin.
My icon IS my coin. It is a gem 1949 FBL Franklin.
My icon IS my coin. It is a gem 1949 FBL Franklin.
My icon IS my coin. It is a gem 1949 FBL Franklin.
Cameo proof Franklins are my favorite, but I also like the mint set toners from 1948-1958, plus blast white MS Franklins with strong strikes and minimal marks are also very nice.
Cheers
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<< <i>I like old Ben, baldness and all.
Cameo proof Franklins are my favorite, but I also like the mint set toners from 1948-1958, plus blast white MS Franklins with strong strikes and minimal marks are also very nice.
Cheers
So you don't like post 1958 toners like this?
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Toners from 1959-1963 are also great, even better than the 1948-1958 toners since they are so much harder to locate.
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<< <i>I like old Ben, baldness and all.
Cameo proof Franklins are my favorite, but I also like the mint set toners from 1948-1958, plus blast white MS Franklins with strong strikes and minimal marks are also very nice.
Cheers
So you don't like post 1958 toners like this?
What, did you find that in a bag o' Morgans?
My icon IS my coin. It is a gem 1949 FBL Franklin.
<< <i>...What, did you find that in a bag o' Morgans? >>
I found it the old fashioned way. Someone else posted it to another set of boards and I begged for that person to put me # 1 on their list when he wanted to sell it. He was kind enough to do so.
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<< <i>...What, did you find that in a bag o' Morgans? >>
I found it the old fashioned way. Someone else posted it to another set of boards and I begged for that person to put me # 1 on their list when he wanted to sell it. He was kind enough to do so. >>
How do you think it toned that way? It looks like textile toning. Wrapped in cloth perhaps?
My icon IS my coin. It is a gem 1949 FBL Franklin.
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Pictures?? Okay, I'm in for one.
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<< <i>Franklin Project 1 of 2 Replace and fill holes with nice colorful pieces. Not a home for monsters just tasty Frankies
Lotsoluck, my first Franklin set, when I was 11-12 was in a Capitol holder just like that. I wish I would have kept it.
My icon IS my coin. It is a gem 1949 FBL Franklin.
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Thanks for reminding me of these, I haven't looked at a Franklin recently and forgot how nice they can be. I bought most of these 10 to 20 years ago
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<< <i>How could you all forget Lucy?
Oh, I've never forgotten Hepkitty!
My icon IS my coin. It is a gem 1949 FBL Franklin.
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<< <i>Grip, that would look nice in my Capitol holder
I will check to see if I still own it.
The seller said many of the coins were hi-grade crackouts and I believe him... it was a super matched set.
There was at least one nice variety coin in it.
As far as the Hepkitty goes, I haven't seen her around here in a while, hence my not mentioning her name.
With regards to the 1960 and the toning process, '60's sometimes get a linear striation pattern (as do some 1959's), hence that part of the toning pattern. (FWIW, no one has been able to explain WHY this pattern occurs... the closest to a reasonable answer that I've heard is that something may have occurred with some of the sheets of silver when they were being rolled out). As for the rest of the toning pattern you will see that the coin is an EOR coin... you can see some of the linear folding lines.
EOR's on a Franklin can be quite fun. Here's a 1958 (PCGS MS65FBL) that IMO is an EOR also.
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Holy crap!!!!!!
omg I hope I don't fall back into collecting Franklins
<< <i>Ant Franklin thread requires I pull this one out:
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CoinsAreFun Toned Silver Eagle Proof Album
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Gallery Mint Museum, Ron Landis& Joe Rust, The beginnings of the Golden Dollar
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More CoinsAreFun Pictorials NGC
Can I share probably my most favorite coin in my entire set ... the pop 1/0 1949-D in MS66+FBL
Wondercoin
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Every 49-D MS66 I see is some degree of ho-hum. And then there is Wondercoins! Whoo-weee!
How is the luster on that coin WC? I can't get any sense of luster from that color shot...any luster shots?
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<< <i>How could you all forget Lucy?
Oh, I've never forgotten Hepkitty!
This is who sprung to mind just from reading the title.