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toned in iridescent shades of purple, plum, burgundy, 1976s green, orange, gold.....virtually every color of the rainbow, can sometimes be found on a single coin! The design of premier proof set the franklin half, with the broad expanse of franklin''s bust on the obverse, tea set and the liberty bell on the reverse, is an easy target for bagmarks or abrasion. a pristine franklin 1976s half, with a smooth, proof 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 set to magnify, or hilight, 1976s 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. proof 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, set minted from 1916-1947) the general quality of the coins would 1976s likely be quite 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, information was made proof available that resonated with the collecting public. at that time, high grade morgan dollars were not even considered worth collecting by many numismatists, because they were thought to be so plentiful. in other words, though they ranked high in categories 1. beauty, 2.quality, and 4. price, in collectors'' minds they ranked extremely 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 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 "the morgan and peace dollar textbook", was the first book that provided an in-depth date-by-date analysis of this series along with photographs. significantly, miller was one of the first authors set to estimate a date''s rarity not only in uncirculated condition, 1976s but also in gem ms 65 uncirculated proof condition, and gem ms 65 set prooflike condition. this new information was a tremendous boon to the
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