57 Proof franklin still in the flat pack

[MAULEMALL]

 

Are the sideburns due to a weak strike??

 

[Dwaine]

That looks like that might be a cameo coin. First I have seen that you can see this through the plastic.

[SkyMan]

I'm not sure, but you can get that sort of an effect when you get insufficient metal into certain parts of MS Franklins, so in essence I would guess you are correct. FYI that is not enough of a cameo to be so designated on a 1st world slab.

[physics-fan3.14]

I'm not sure, but you can get that sort of an effect when you get insufficient metal into certain parts of MS Franklins, so in essence I would guess you are correct. FYI that is not enough of a cameo to be so designated on a 1st world slab.

 

I agree. This is a common problem on MS frankies, but I haven't seen it on a proof before. It might also be a planchet flaw.

[BillJones]

I presume that these "sideburns" move with the coin in the pocket if you lightly move it around. If they move, they are either a planchet flaw or a mark that got on the coin before it was placed in the flat pack. This is unusual because these coins were often in nice shape when they went into these Proof sets from he 1950s. Cameo coins are scrarce, especially two sided cameo coins, but "nice" coins were not.