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Very solid 1956 Franklin coin.. Most proofs have somekind of mirrored field.

Hope you like. Do you think it is how the coin was struck than others with cam/Pl fields.. thanks.



Half Dollar 1956 Proof ICG 68
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    Honestly, I dont care for it at all, but as long as you like it, thats cool.


    I think its a run of the mill coin and just a basic proof coin. <<Do you think it is how the coin was struck than others with cam/Pl fields>>
    I have no idea what youre asking there. But, its a proof, so proof like fields I guess are a must.
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    YaHaYaHa Posts: 4,220


    << <i>Honestly, I dont care for it at all, but as long as you like it, thats cool.


    I think its a run of the mill coin and just a basic proof coin. <<Do you think it is how the coin was struck than others with cam/Pl fields>>
    I have no idea what youre asking there. But, its a proof, so proof like fields I guess are a must. >>



    The reason I like it as coins are struck that way today in business strike varieties denom and the ASE's. There are too many half struck Frankies back then that the coins tend to have that nasty spotting, glazing and both sides were never equal.. This strike is clean and honest..image
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    MsMorrisineMsMorrisine Posts: 39,500 ✭✭✭✭✭
    when I saw it, I thought of this thread

    is it the strike or not?

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    keetskeets Posts: 25,351 ✭✭✭✭✭
    i think when the coin arrives the appearance will be similar to what you're used to seeing, that the reason it looks different is due to the black ICG holder and the TeleTrade photograph.
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    LucyBopLucyBop Posts: 14,001 ✭✭✭
    I don't know if I understand what you are asking, but the coin you have linked to is from a late die state.

    Franklins struck from 1956 early dies where heavily frosted with deep gorgeous mirrors. In fact the 1956 is argueably amongst the most intense of the Deep Cameos which came off the early dies, I have owned a few that had so much frost it got real chilly to look at them daddy-o.

    I see the one linked as simply just a ho-hum average Frankie. Though, nothing wrong with that.
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    PawPaulPawPaul Posts: 5,845
    ahha ......i mean yo-yo ................I mean Yaha - has to be a girl image
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    CameonutCameonut Posts: 7,432 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I agree with Lucy - ho hum.

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    YaHaYaHa Posts: 4,220
    You are all correct.. What I am trying to point out is for a "SILVER" coin to have a totally different type of strike then most of the rest.. Also to LucyBob you are right one.. Some 56's are down right chilly if you know what I mean..

    BTW: Lucybop take care of that GTO sugarsweets, I miss my 1966 that did high 9's stock with adding a 4barrelholly carb, a little bit of the funny gas and a well maintained 400hp bigblock with hurst shift kit.. Budds creek Maryland is my home track. They just had pinks all out there this past weekend. Should air Sept17 so if you are into that kinda stuff very cool final 16 with twists you wouldn't expect..


    My son is turing 15 and wants me to buy him or find him a 69 Challenger, the new ones don't get us excited.. So who knows if he is good and finishes college or Military Police training in the Airforce, I might just surprize him.. Sugarsweets..

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    19Lyds19Lyds Posts: 26,503 ✭✭✭✭
    Personally, I think that the angle of the Teletrade photo hides most of the mirrors on this coin George. Other than that its just a typical Franklin Proof.
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    LucyBopLucyBop Posts: 14,001 ✭✭✭


    << <i>ahha ......i mean yo-yo ................I mean Yaha - has to be a girl image >>




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