What do you think this Franklin Half would grade at NGC? PCGS?

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• Myqqy Posts: 9,777 ✭

  October 27, 2007 11:17AM

  Linky?

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• coinkid855 Posts: 5,012 ✭✭✭

  October 27, 2007 11:25AM

  I think I paid too much. lol...fine. Here's the link:
  
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  Either way, If the coin looks the same in hand as it does in the picture, I'll like it, and that's all that matters =p
  

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• coinkid855 Posts: 5,012 ✭✭✭

  October 27, 2007 11:49AM

  Anyone?

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• segoja Posts: 6,141 ✭✭✭✭

  October 27, 2007 11:49AM

  The reverse looks a little light in the pic.
  
  I'd save the grading fees on this one, unless you think it'll make 69. A 68 CAM is only worth around $100, a 67 cam about what you paid.

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• bfjohnson Posts: 541 ✭✭✭

  October 27, 2007 11:51AM

  Don't know much about the series but looks cam to me.

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• Jcarney Posts: 3,154 ✭

  October 27, 2007 12:43PM

  A damn shame. The obverse is a lock 68 Dcam, but the reverse, I'm afraid, doesn't even merit the CAM designation. Sweet damn coin anyway and well worth the $60.
  
  

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• MadMarty Posts: 16,697 ✭✭✭

  October 27, 2007 12:51PM

  The seller is known for juicing the pics a lot! It's a CAM, but I wonder if it has hairlines.

  It is not exactly cheating, I prefer to consider it creative problem solving!!!
  
  

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• grabba Posts: 1,251

  October 27, 2007 12:57PM

  Like MM said, he shoots his pics using different light sources and shading to make the coin appear more than what it is.
  
  I doubt very seriously if that coin has as much frost as it appears to have.
  
  Good luck with it though.

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• coinkid855 Posts: 5,012 ✭✭✭

  October 27, 2007 1:02PM

  Thanks guys!
  

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• badger Posts: 1,217 ✭✭✭

  October 27, 2007 1:25PM

  The proofs in 1956 were very well made. The cameo really need to pop out to be there and have value. Looks a little light on the reverse?
  
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• Myqqy Posts: 9,777 ✭

  October 27, 2007 1:28PM

  The reverse looks weak to me, as others have also pointed out. As far as grades, there's no good way to tell from just pics as there could be hidden hairlines...

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• SkyMan Posts: 9,509 ✭✭✭✭✭

  October 28, 2007 1:43AM

  IF (and from the above it sounds like a big IF) the coin in hand looks like the images then a DCAM obverse and a no cam reverse. It would at least star at NGC and may cameo, but I wouldn't waste the slabbing fee costs. A pretty looking coin.

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• Russ Posts: 48,514 ✭✭✭

  October 28, 2007 2:35AM

  Sorry, but the coin will not be nearly as contrasted in hand as the seller's images indicate.
  
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