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Pillar of the Community
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Would the Bugs Bunny variety be prohibitive in that grade?
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Right now, my goal is a complete set of Ms65/ms65 fbl in PCGS holders. Nice choice. I am doing the same for my second Ike set. |
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Congratulations on your first Franklin's  Edited by Dorado
10/03/2018 8:35 pm
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Hoping to close out my IHC set and begin focus on my Franklin set. |
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Picked up a 1949-S MS65 CAC. Its on its way to me.
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Quote: Hoping to close out my IHC set and begin focus on my Franklin set. Sounds good to me!  |
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Any particular dealers to check out for gem BU PCGS Franklins?
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Bedrock of the Community
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Great start to a nice looking set. I've always liked these but they seem to be unappreciated.
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Picked up a 1953-S off a Great Collections auction. Waiting for delivery.
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Picked up a 1953-S off a Great Collections auction. Waiting for delivery. Excellent! |
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Interestingly, while I have been examining many MS65 and MS65FBL Franklin half coins to get a better understanding of grading, there is a wide variety of eye appeal for coins of the same grade and accordingly a fairly wide range of prices. Since I'm coming off of looking at IHC's, it's probably the size of the coins that contributes to the variety of acceptable marks that still get an MS65 or MS65FBL grade. Of course, when you get what looks like an exceptional MS65, you wonder what kept it back from getting MS66. The fun of learning a new coin series. |
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Pillar of the Community
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Learning a new series if always fun.
Nice set you have started!
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An example of pricing variances is the 1953-S Franklin in MS65. There are a number of PCGS graded coins available on various sites with prices from $54 - 65. Then a few more at $70 and $75, a few more at $80 - 89. Then several over $100. Rick Tomaska had a bunch on sale on his coin show at $149. lol I ended up getting mine through Great Collections auction. It is a 1953-S MS65 CAC for $94 including auction fee and shipping. I thought it was a fair price for the quality of the coin and eye appeal. The PCGS price guide says $90. So, plenty of options for the Franklin collector all in MS65.
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Thoughts on toned Franklin half dollars? On one had, some of the toning looks pretty good. But, putting a set together, I'm thinking that little or no toning is a good approach. Some toning around the rims is very attractive. But, toning that covers the entire obv or rev tends to hide the details and would stick out from a set that is primarily not toned. |
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I went to a local coin show and lucked out. Picked up a 1948-D MS65FBL, 1954 MS65FBL, 1954-D MS65FBL and a 1961-D MS65.
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