Milk Spots on '51 Franklin.

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• fc Posts: 12,804 ✭✭✭

  July 30, 2007 1:42PM

  hm.
  is this a case of artifical frosting?
  
  something just does not look right on the reverse.
  
  russ, your thoughts?

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• Sotty Posts: 373 ✭

  July 30, 2007 1:42PM

  Looks like a well struck nice cameo proof. I'd send it to PCGS
  because they are probably at fault. They should neutralize in alcohol or acetone before
  holdering. A 51 cameo aint cheap.
  

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• mattniss Posts: 826 ✭✭✭✭✭

  July 31, 2007 1:17AM

  PR65CA, that's my guess.

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• bushmaster8 Posts: 5,616 ✭

  July 31, 2007 1:46AM

  Not a CAM.
  
  You should send it in for a cleanup job. On submission form, check the "other" box, and write in "spot review". You only have to pay the return postage- they will fix it for free if possible.

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• Cameonut Posts: 7,429 ✭✭✭✭✭

  July 31, 2007 1:48AM

  It is not uncommon for proofs to develop that blue haze you see on the bell. Sometimes all it takes is to remove the coin from the original packaging or the packaging it resided in for some period of time (like a Capital holder). The "fresh air" can do strange things if the coin is not neutralized.
  
  The coin does not look artificially frosted to me at all. And if I were to guess the grade I would say PR65, no cameo. The reverse does not appear to have enough frost based on that pic.
  
  I am not sure what is being referred to as 'milk spots'. The white haze does not appear to me to be milk spots - just haze. But there are a couple spots on the reverse (below the U and next to the H) that some may consider to be milk spots. Those don't look like typical milk spots to me either as they aren't very white. They look more like small areas of corrosion possibly caused by something that was on the coin at one point. Another possibility that one can see in early 50's proofs is glue spots from the packaging, but they don't look like glue spots to me either.

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• SkyMan Posts: 9,592 ✭✭✭✭✭

  July 31, 2007 3:23AM

  
  
  << <i>It is not uncommon for proofs to develop that blue haze you see on the bell. Sometimes all it takes is to remove the coin from the original packaging or the packaging it resided in for some period of time (like a Capital holder). The "fresh air" can do strange things if the coin is not neutralized.
  
  The coin does not look artificially frosted to me at all. And if I were to guess the grade I would say PR65, no cameo. The reverse does not appear to have enough frost based on that pic.
  
  I am not sure what is being referred to as 'milk spots'. The white haze does not appear to me to be milk spots - just haze. But there are a couple spots on the reverse (below the U and next to the H) that some may consider to be milk spots. Those don't look like typical milk spots to me either as they aren't very white. They look more like small areas of corrosion possibly caused by something that was on the coin at one point. Another possibility that one can see in early 50's proofs is glue spots from the packaging, but they don't look like glue spots to me either. >>
  
  
  
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• quickwing Posts: 1,155

  July 31, 2007 3:49AM

  Very nice proof. Business strikes don't show half or a fourth of the detail of your coin. The details of the hair, the bell lettering, eagle feathers, ect. are so well struck. Very nice! I was so taken by the coin it took a double take to see the milk spots. Once again very nice.
  
  
  
  
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