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the nation. Subsequent population reports emanating from PCGS will reveal how very scarce the majority of proof coin issues are in cameo. With the release of the cameo proof book, collecting and with PCGS'' and NGC''s leap into this market, cameo dealers and collectors will now have accurate, hard data with the release of these services'' grading reports to back up what we long-time cameo dealers and collectors have known for years - that exceptional cameo examples of many dates are extremely rare, and are truly among the best values pennies in U.S. numismatics today. coin Most collectors and dealers are very familiar with BU Franklins. The majority of uncirculated BU Franklin half dollars on the market are extremely baggy, and/or possess collecting very heavy, unattractive brown or gray toning. These pennies are ugly coins. The Franklin design coin is a work of art in its simplicity. The bust of Franklin on the obverse, and the famous collecting Liberty bell on the reverse, are beautiful when their surfaces are clear and unblemished! In addition, many Franklins were issued by the mint in cardboard mint sets. The sulfur from these paper products often created some of the most beautifully toned coins in all of U.S. pennies coinage! While rare, gem Franklin halves

toned in iridescent shades of purple, plum, burgundy, green, orange, gold.....virtually coin every color collecting of the rainbow, can sometimes be found on a single coin! The design of the Franklin half, with the broad expanse of Franklin''s bust on the obverse, and the Liberty bell on the reverse, is an easy target for bagmarks or abrasion. A pristine Franklin half, with a smooth, unblemished cheek of Franklin on the obverse, and equally pristine Liberty bell on the reverse, is a truly beautiful coin. On the other hand, the simplicity of these surfaces also serves to magnify, or hilight, the smallest bagmark! The cheek of Franklin & the Liberty bell make easy targets. The quality of the typical uncirculated Franklin roll is quite low, with all 20 coins usually grading between MS 60 and MS 63. By comparison, if one had the good fortune to acquire an original roll of uncirculated Walking Liberty half dollars (the series immediately preceding the Franklins, minted from 1916-1947) the general quality of the coins would likely be quite pennies high, with most coins grading MS 64 - MS 65. What About Any Hordes Of Gem Bu Franklins That Have Yet To Surface? Original unsearched bags of BU Franklins? The last bag

this market was virtually ignored 30 years ago. What brought it to prominence? Quite simply, coin information collecting was made available that resonated with the collecting public. At that time, high grade Morgan dollars were not pennies even considered worth collecting by many coin and collecting numismatists, because they were thought to be so plentiful. In other words, pennies though they ranked high in categories 1. Beauty, coin 2.Quality, and 4. Price, in collectors'' minds they ranked extremely collecting low in category 3. - Rarity. Therefore, their desirability as a collectible was thought to be limited. However, several landmark books were published on Morgan dollars pennies in the 1970''s and early 1980''s which educated the collecting public on many aspects of the Morgan dollar series they were not aware of. Probably the most significant of these books, Wayne Miller''s coin "The Morgan and Peace Dollar Textbook", was collecting the first book that provided an in-depth date-by-date pennies analysis coin of this series along with photographs. Significantly, Miller was one of the first authors to estimate a date''s rarity not only in uncirculated condition, collecting but also in gem MS 65 pennies uncirculated condition, and gem MS 65 prooflike condition. This new information was a tremendous boon to the

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