Opinions Please

[furham-migration]

Along with trying to improve my photo skills I'd like your opinion on this Franklin Half. Possible grade and FBL?

 

 

[James_OldeTowne]

I would guess this coin to be in the lower AU range.

[physics-fan3.14]

I am going to guess AU also, and at this point FBL is irrelevant.

[Bruceswar]

I would guess this coin to be in the lower AU range.

 

Bingo where is the luster!

[Schatzy]

What is going on by the 9.

[michael]

What is going on by the 9.

 

that is called a reed mark more than likely made by another coin coming off the coining press and striking an already struck coin in the bin where they fall after striking

 

a somewhat common happening

[HiHoAudio]

EF-45.

 

Great photo though, cropped a bit tight but good focus and well lit.

[furham-migration]

Thanks everyone. I'm trying to learn. I've found it particularly difficult to judge Franklin Halves and Peace Dollars. I had it as an AU-58.

[MarkFeld]

I'm not convinced that the coin isn't uncirculated.

[BillJones]

I'd grade the coin somewhere in the AU-58 to MS-63 range. The luster appears to be intact with some nice toning. There might be slightest hint of a rub on the highest parts of Franklin's curls. This is what some old time dealers used to call an "envelope Unc." So far as the color goes this is how an envelope storage coin should look when it tones nicely.