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the nation. Subsequent population reports emanating from PCGS will reveal how coins very scarce the majority of proof issues are in cameo. With the release of the cameo proof book, and with PCGS'' and NGC''s leap into this market, cameo dealers and collectors will tea set n tray 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 in u.s. numismatics today. 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 very heavy, unattractive brown or gray toning. these are ugly coins. the franklin design is a work of art in its simplicity. the bust of franklin coins on the obverse, and the famous 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. coinage! while rare, gem franklin halves

involved "acid-dipping" the dies before they were polished. the solution used during the 1950 to 1970 period, a bath consisting of 5% nitric acid/95% water, was used to create an acid-etched appearance on the die. bed set when the die was subsequently polished and buffed, the recessed portions of the die, the devices, retained their acid-etched cameo. the very first strikes off one of these new dies would possess a gorgeous, intense cameo effect very similar in quality to the proofs minted today. the raised portions of these early strikes, the devices (on the franklin half, these would be the bust of franklin, the lettering, and date on the obverse, and the liberty bell, eagle, and lettering on the reverse) would display a snow-white cameo effect that would stand coins in stark contrast to the deep-mirrored fields surrounding them. the flawless, jewel-like quality of the best of these cameos almost look like works of art rather than mere coins! indeed, to most collectors, these coins are works of art! the frosted devices of these early cameo dies were quite delicate - one could easily scratch a bit of frost from the die with one''s fingernail, and were the first part of the die to wear. each

this market was virtually ignored 30 years ago. what brought it to prominence? quite tea set n tray simply, information was made 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 coins analysis of this series along with photographs. significantly, miller was one of the first authors to estimate a date''s set rarity not only in uncirculated condition, but also in gem ms 65 uncirculated condition, and gem ms 65 prooflike condition. this new information was a tremendous boon to the

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