Twentycent Posted July 9, 2005 Report Share Posted July 9, 2005 Are all proof Franklins considered FBL? None considered FBL? What's the deal?? Jerry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jody526 Posted July 9, 2005 Report Share Posted July 9, 2005 I can only relate to you what my proof Franklin Halves look like. Not all of them could be described as "Full Bell Lines". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GDJMSP Posted July 9, 2005 Report Share Posted July 9, 2005 Are all proof Franklins considered FBL? None considered FBL? What's the deal??Jerry The FBL designation is not used on Proof examples - only on business strikes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twentycent Posted July 9, 2005 Author Report Share Posted July 9, 2005 I know that!!!!! But why? Is it just taken for granted that all Franklin Proofs are FBL? Or is it taken for granted that all Franklin Proofs are NOT FBL?? Jerry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metalman Posted July 9, 2005 Report Share Posted July 9, 2005 I know that!!!!! But why? Is it just taken for granted that all Franklin Proofs are FBL? Or is it taken for granted that all Franklin Proofs are NOT FBL??Jerry Proof franklins will all be considered to be fully struck IE FBLines,whether they are or not because not all are !! it is in the way that they are produced ,specially prepared dies, more strike pressure, and many times multiple strikes,, differing from Business strike coins in that business strike coins are produced on less( if I can use that term ) perfect dies, usually only being struck once,with less pressure it is the first few thousand or perhaps hundreds of coins on any die pair that has the best chance of being FBL strikes. Hope this helps Rick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GDJMSP Posted July 10, 2005 Report Share Posted July 10, 2005 I know that!!!!! But why? Is it just taken for granted that all Franklin Proofs are FBL? Or is it taken for granted that all Franklin Proofs are NOT FBL??Jerry No - it's not taken for granted for them to be FBL or not. The reason the designation is not used is because they are Proof coins. And such designations are just not used for Proof coins - ANY Proof coins. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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