Moondoggys Franklin Proofs Set 1
1952


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Set Details
Origin/Country: United States
Design Description: HALF DOLLARS - FRANKLIN, PROOF
Item Description: 50C 1952
Grade: NGC PF 65
Owner: moondoggy
 
Winning Set: Moondoggys Franklin Proofs Set 1
Date Added: 1/5/2012
Research: See NGC's Census Report for this Coin

Owner's Description

The year 1952 saw the mint increase its proof production on the Franklins to 81,980. Although the mint is fully aware of the shortcomings of packaging individual coins in the cellophane they continued the practice with this year. Planchets are at times being ill prepared for proof stamping but the main distraction for this year was the hairlines. Again, cameo’s are rare as individual die are replaced but not as a pair. The repolishing techniques used by the U.S. Mint still leave a lot to be desired. Cameo’s seem to be one-sided because of the replacing only one die so you could end up with a nice frosty obverse and a reverse that could only be considered brilliant at best or visa-verse. 1952 was known as the year of the one-sided cameo.

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