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New Member
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I am new to coin collecting, especially when it comes to grading. I have a large stockpile of Franklins I came across and many are in this condition. If you were to advertize this specific coin for sale (not that it is for sale at the moment), what would be a fair grade to list it as? I'm just trying to figure out if I have anything beyond the melt value. thanks   Edited by curtism1234
09/15/2010 10:32 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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That's a pretty rough coin - I'd say melt value.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1080 Posts |
melt is through-the-roof these days. Melt value.
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Pillar of the Community
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High retail for VF through EF are worth approximately $10-$14. Although the photo isn't great, I'd put this one VF35 to EF40. Not to mention all that silver, that's almost 10 bucks alone. Hey you have a great starter set if they all look this way. Wouldn't be surprised if you had a few AUs in there too. I'd keep them, I still have some G8s in one of my collections. (That is my first collection.)
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Valued Member
United States
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It doesn't look much beyond EF to me. So probably just worth melt. Others with more experience with this series may say otherwise.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Common Franklins in circulated condition? I would just say, "Circulated Franklin halves $8/each". These melt around $7.40 today and many people prefer silver halves to quarters or dimes. You shouldn't have much problem selling them. |
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Pillar of the Community
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I agree with "melt value" as well.
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Valued Member
United States
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Definitely melt value, but hey, with silver going through the $20 barrier, who knows. Never a problem if you have to hold on to it even, unless you need the money.
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New Member
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Oops, I just realized I have this in the forum...
It sounds like all I have are melt value then.
Thank you
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Pillar of the Community
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There are no really scarce Franklin dates but the 1963-D is probably the most common. I'd pull out any nice-looking 1949 PDS, 1953-P, and 1955 coins and ask a couple dollars more for them if looking to sell.
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Pillar of the Community
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Funny thing about Franklins, nothing rare, nothing scarce, but a lot of them
have mintages below 10 million and about a third of the set is about 5 mil or less.
They get a bad rap and are under valued IMHO. Seems like a nice set to have to me.
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