1955 Franklin Half "Bugs Bunny", FS-50-1955-401 Obverse Die Clash?

[rbroederer]

I was looking through some Franklin Halves this evening that I had taken out of mint sets eons ago and ran across this 'monster'. It looks like this 1955 Franklin comes with fangs for Halloween! Technically speaking not Dracula, more affectionately called a 'Bugs Bunny' variety due to an obverse die clash. This one also looks like the die had some aggressive polishing on the cheek too. Although it is said to be common...this was the only one out of 41 1955 halves I looked at this evening. Thoughts or comments?

[MintErrors]

There's about 2700 of them graded on PCGS and about 800 on NGC. I didn't look up ANACS.

[rbroederer]

Hello Gary, Thanks for the info...2050 at ANACS makes 5550 more or less graded in 1955 (the lowest mintage of the series!). That is a little over two per thousand. I was glad to only go through 41 and find one! Thankfully, I am sure, there are more out there to find. Cherrypickers notes the variety can also be found in 1951P, 1952P, 1953P, 1954P, 1954D and 1956. Happy Hunting! Cheers, Bruce.

[Alex Marty]

It can also be found in a 1952-s, but for some reason that I don't yet understand, PCGS does not list them in coinfacts, yet they will mark a slab with "Bugs Bunny" or "Obverse Die Clash."
Does anyone know how they determine the difference?
NGC seems to show a bunch more years with these errors. Screenshot_20240509-112532~2.png

[MintErrors]

In my opinion, one of the things the TPGs fail at is documentation consistency.

I have seen several sites with the same variety with different names, but the same type variety. Some of the consultants they use may return the coin with slightly different findings, and that's how they are added into the databases. Some may be listed as an FS only, a ddo number only or a die number only. Unless the collector knows all of the potential aliases for that variety, the numbers could be skewed. I am sure errors can have their minor listing problems as well.

[occnumis2021]

It can also be found in a 1952-s, but for some reason that I don't yet understand, PCGS does not list them in coinfacts, yet they will mark a slab with "Bugs Bunny" or "Obverse Die Clash."
Does anyone know how they determine the difference?
NGC seems to show a bunch more years with these errors. Screenshot_20240509-112532~2.png

this is earth, the more you try to make sense of it, the more confused you will become.

i've seen the "fight" for attribution of these clashes wage for many years now. i can understand some of them not being listed but ones like yours (and MANY i've found on several diff years/mm) go unlisted at pcgs (not sure about all the other TPGS).

very nice coin. (the 52-s)

the op coin is nice too, just extremely common.

[Alex Marty]

this is earth, the more you try to make sense of it, the more confused you will become.

i've seen the "fight" for attribution of these clashes wage for many years now. i can understand some of them not being listed but ones like yours (and MANY i've found on several diff years/mm) go unlisted at pcgs (not sure about all the other TPGS).

very nice coin. (the 52-s)

the op coin is nice too, just extremely common.

Thank you for the compliment and your notations.
I'm thinking of switching to NGCcoin because they list many more varieties with the Franklin halves. But they are harder on the bell lines.
Alex