1953 SF Small Cent - Does This Coin Exist As Pl?

Here is another more recent topic: https://goccf.com/t/235063

All coins are graded ICCS PL

CC and C is selling a 1953 red SF in this ICCS set:

http://www.cdncoin.com/product-p/6195pl1953.htm

If you're interested, given an individual coin price is quoted, they might help you out.

To add: there's also an "antique red beautiful" on ebay.ca that looks very much like a SF, although the seller does not indicate the variety.

Thanks. I found these sites as well in my searches. That ICCS one from CC and C I found before but I am in disagreement with ICCS depictions of red, which I have found before on coins for sale. I would never call that coin red and I have found others from them with similar colouration that to me were not red.

That "antique red beautiful" one looks nice but I know nothing about NNC grading and if they didn't even bother to add a major variety to their description, it smells funny as well.

I didn't think NCC was actually a grading company, could be wrong. But as is often said, buy the coin not the package.

The ICCS PL65, difficult to say how red it might be but you're right, red is not always red.

Adding a final suggestion. CCF has a buy/sell forum I believe? But I don't know how many posts are required in order to be eligible to access it. 100?

Here is an article that has PL sets going back to 1951.

http://www.coinscan.com/silverd/page45.html

I had a 1951 PL LR 5 cent piece that was pretty stunning. There seems to be lots of quarters and dollars around.

@Tomswift
Good luck in your quest for the PL I was on hunt for same type but ended up with a MS65 SF to complete my set a bit pricey but was happy to get it. My understanding was it would only be found in a PL set but ya never know, it sure seems to be elusive.

Hi, I just read your post about the SF Red 1953 cent.
Sorry for the 8 months lateness to the party. Simply to say that I sold one in an auction last week.

A real red is really though. The story goes as follow, according to a great coin guy, in 1953, all saved rolls and rolls of coins. Half year through, collectors had all they needed/wanted. Stop the gathering, began the SF series without anyone noticing, none took more, thus the rarity of it in high end grade being so difficult to get. When I bought one from him he told me he found 22 coins in a roll. In 40+ years of collecting, he never saw that. When I bought it, it was the last of all of them, he said he sold them easily because people knew it was rare and all needed one.

Hope you found one or what I said explains a bit of the mystery for this hard one to get.