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DAM
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I bought an original roll of 1956 Roosevelts at an auction last night. The two end coins have beautiful end-roll toning.
Two questions:
There is a milky residue on some of the coins, I guess left over from cleaning at the mint. Can it be removed without "dipping"?
Compared to a 1950s FB date I have (can't remember the date off hand), there are 3 or 4 that would make FB, but the bands aren't really full. They look a little soft, while still being split. Is this acceptable?
Two questions:
There is a milky residue on some of the coins, I guess left over from cleaning at the mint. Can it be removed without "dipping"?
Compared to a 1950s FB date I have (can't remember the date off hand), there are 3 or 4 that would make FB, but the bands aren't really full. They look a little soft, while still being split. Is this acceptable?
Dan
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Bands, as the 56P's are as a whole weaker struck, yes the bands tend to be weaker HOWEVER, I do have 56P's with Full Bands and the bands are as well struck as they are on common D mint coins. So it is quite possible to have well struck FB 1956P coins. In going thru countless rolls of P mint coins, I've figured out that about 2% of coins are potential FB coins - the line thru the botton bands is full but the bands themselves are flat or weak or have scratches, or ticks etc.....but "iffy" or better bands. Sorting thru those 2% and really picking the coins that "should" get designated generally removes about 2/3 to 3/4 of those coins so one might expect to find about .5% to .67% FB coins in a large lot. For a single roll, I'd expect to see about 1/2 a coin with FB on average....10 rolls might yield 5 to 7 coins of merit. This is based on looking thru 56P, 57P, 58P, 61P, and 63P rolls - all of which are tough P mints (total pop 8 MS67FB coins for all 5 years).
In my recent experience, PCGS has tightened up on band definition from where they started last April. If the lower bands are mushy and even if the split is there, its unlikely the coin will get designated (but there's always a chance) in my experience. If you could provide a high res picture, no doubt you'd get more concrete opinions (and better ones too).
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