FS - FRANKLINS from RONYAHSKI
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For sale here first are some Franklins out of my collection. These coins range from inexpensive common dates and nice coins, to the most rare, prettiest, and expensive Franklins around. I am randomly pulling coins out of the collection, photographing and pricing them, and posting them here. After some time passes, I will start putting these coins up on e-bay for sale. (I sold my first coin ever posted on e-bay just last week. Actually, my wife has decided to help manage my collection, and the first thing we decided is the collection is too large! So she is helping with this whole sales process, something I never had enough time to do.)
I plan to continually add coins to this post for sale, so keep checking back.
If there are any Franklins you are interested in and don't see posted, please p.m. me. Please be as specific as you can with your request. I have hundreds of Franklins in my collection and just might have what you are looking for.
Terms are 7-Day return priviledge, shipping and insurance is included, you reimburse S&I only if you decide to return the coin. If you wish to pay by Pay-Pal, you pay the fee.
1951-D NGC 64 FBL...........$65.
Very smooth and clean obverse with peripheal toning with some interesting toning on the reverse. One of the toughest dates to find with any decent toning. For a nicely toned 65, add another zero (or more) to the price.
1953-D NGC 65 FBL .......... $95
A whie coin with frosty luster. You are seeing the obverse in perhaps it's worst light. It is actually not that chattery.
1954-D NGC 66 FBL ........... $975
A sentimental coin. I have owned this coin forever and it is perhaps the first 66 graded Franklin I can remember owning. A fully lustrous obverse with unusually smooth toning for a 54-D. There are golds, reds, crimsons and teals with an underlay of blues and violets on the obverse. The obverse looks much nicer in hand. Vertical lines are on the holder. The reverse is an iridescence of champagne and violet, with a toning ring on the bell. All of the early D's in the 50's are especially difficult to find nicely toned. This is great 54-D!
1955 NGC 65FBL .............$225
I love this look of 1955 Franklins with the fully toned crimson and blues. I sent this coin in fully expecting it to grade 66FBL, and I still think it is a 66. There are no marks to speak of and the cheek is very smooth. No other marks worth mentioning. This is a very accurate picture of this coin. In fact, the reverse is even a bit better in hand, the rim toning from 9-12 o'clock is actually a lustrous and bright blue. The picture shows up darker and doesn't pick up the color.
1956 NGC 65 FBL ............$60
Creamy white luster with rim toning on the obverse. A very clean coin and has the look of a 66 grade.
1958 PCGS 67.................$675
Amazing cartwheel luster even through all of that toning. A small bridge away from FBL to boot! Only 31 coins graded in PCGS67!
1958 PCGS 65FBL.......$125
An attractively toned coin that just has a really cool reverse.
1958-D PCGS 66FBL .....$225
I din't do this coin much justice with the picture. The toning is actually a very pretty mix of green, crismon, and russet.
1959-D NGC 64 ..............$25 CONGRATULATIONS TO GOLDBOY. HE RESPONDED WITH AN 'I LOVE FRANKLINS' SO THIS COIN IS ON HIS WAY TO HIM, A FELLOW FRANKIE FANATIC!
This coin was slabbed years ago and is in an old fatty holder. Just to get some interest kicked up and going with these beloved Franklins, here is a special offer. To the first Young Numismatist who responds to this post with an ..."I Love Franklins!!!!!!" ...gets this coin for a special price......$FREE. Just PM me your address and age.
1960 PCGS 66 FBL .........$2750....SOLD
There are 32 coins graded 66FBL for 1960. The vast majority of them are white coins. Some do exist that are toned, and I have seen those few that have come across the aution blocks for the past 20 years. I have yet to see one that I could say is attractive. This coin is! The obverse is completely toned with all sorts of colors, but green, and crimson/orange dominate. The reverse is covered with champagne and violet tones. I forgot to polish the holder, so all the lines you see are scratches in the holder. The reverse does, however, possess that variegated toning that is common to some of the 60's dates. There is only one mark worth mentioning, a reed mark right between the mouth and nose and on the cheek. Otherwise, a superclean coin. The toning on the obverse might be a tad heavy for some of your tastes, and no I don't claim it to be 'A' box toning like you'd see on a 58-D, but any serious Franklin collector knows that a nicely toned 60-P in 66FBL is like hens teeth! You will not find a coin better than this one available for purchase!
Edited to add: At the Bowers and Merena auction in Baltimore March 26-27, another 1960 PCGS 66FBL crossed the auction block. It actually was one of the nicest 1960-Ps I have ever seen. It is very original, with toning of lavendar-charcoal and steel grey. Those colors, however, are buzz words for o.k. toning, nothing special. The coin sold for $2300. My coin has a much better look. After the auction, I was tempted to raise my price, but am keeping it where it is.
I plan to continually add coins to this post for sale, so keep checking back.
If there are any Franklins you are interested in and don't see posted, please p.m. me. Please be as specific as you can with your request. I have hundreds of Franklins in my collection and just might have what you are looking for.
Terms are 7-Day return priviledge, shipping and insurance is included, you reimburse S&I only if you decide to return the coin. If you wish to pay by Pay-Pal, you pay the fee.
1951-D NGC 64 FBL...........$65.
Very smooth and clean obverse with peripheal toning with some interesting toning on the reverse. One of the toughest dates to find with any decent toning. For a nicely toned 65, add another zero (or more) to the price.
1953-D NGC 65 FBL .......... $95
A whie coin with frosty luster. You are seeing the obverse in perhaps it's worst light. It is actually not that chattery.
1954-D NGC 66 FBL ........... $975
A sentimental coin. I have owned this coin forever and it is perhaps the first 66 graded Franklin I can remember owning. A fully lustrous obverse with unusually smooth toning for a 54-D. There are golds, reds, crimsons and teals with an underlay of blues and violets on the obverse. The obverse looks much nicer in hand. Vertical lines are on the holder. The reverse is an iridescence of champagne and violet, with a toning ring on the bell. All of the early D's in the 50's are especially difficult to find nicely toned. This is great 54-D!
1955 NGC 65FBL .............$225
I love this look of 1955 Franklins with the fully toned crimson and blues. I sent this coin in fully expecting it to grade 66FBL, and I still think it is a 66. There are no marks to speak of and the cheek is very smooth. No other marks worth mentioning. This is a very accurate picture of this coin. In fact, the reverse is even a bit better in hand, the rim toning from 9-12 o'clock is actually a lustrous and bright blue. The picture shows up darker and doesn't pick up the color.
1956 NGC 65 FBL ............$60
Creamy white luster with rim toning on the obverse. A very clean coin and has the look of a 66 grade.
1958 PCGS 67.................$675
Amazing cartwheel luster even through all of that toning. A small bridge away from FBL to boot! Only 31 coins graded in PCGS67!
1958 PCGS 65FBL.......$125
An attractively toned coin that just has a really cool reverse.
1958-D PCGS 66FBL .....$225
I din't do this coin much justice with the picture. The toning is actually a very pretty mix of green, crismon, and russet.
1959-D NGC 64 ..............$25 CONGRATULATIONS TO GOLDBOY. HE RESPONDED WITH AN 'I LOVE FRANKLINS' SO THIS COIN IS ON HIS WAY TO HIM, A FELLOW FRANKIE FANATIC!
This coin was slabbed years ago and is in an old fatty holder. Just to get some interest kicked up and going with these beloved Franklins, here is a special offer. To the first Young Numismatist who responds to this post with an ..."I Love Franklins!!!!!!" ...gets this coin for a special price......$FREE. Just PM me your address and age.
1960 PCGS 66 FBL .........$2750....SOLD
There are 32 coins graded 66FBL for 1960. The vast majority of them are white coins. Some do exist that are toned, and I have seen those few that have come across the aution blocks for the past 20 years. I have yet to see one that I could say is attractive. This coin is! The obverse is completely toned with all sorts of colors, but green, and crimson/orange dominate. The reverse is covered with champagne and violet tones. I forgot to polish the holder, so all the lines you see are scratches in the holder. The reverse does, however, possess that variegated toning that is common to some of the 60's dates. There is only one mark worth mentioning, a reed mark right between the mouth and nose and on the cheek. Otherwise, a superclean coin. The toning on the obverse might be a tad heavy for some of your tastes, and no I don't claim it to be 'A' box toning like you'd see on a 58-D, but any serious Franklin collector knows that a nicely toned 60-P in 66FBL is like hens teeth! You will not find a coin better than this one available for purchase!
Edited to add: At the Bowers and Merena auction in Baltimore March 26-27, another 1960 PCGS 66FBL crossed the auction block. It actually was one of the nicest 1960-Ps I have ever seen. It is very original, with toning of lavendar-charcoal and steel grey. Those colors, however, are buzz words for o.k. toning, nothing special. The coin sold for $2300. My coin has a much better look. After the auction, I was tempted to raise my price, but am keeping it where it is.
Some refer to overgraded slabs as Coffins. I like to think of them as Happy Coins.
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Great to see a new batch of offerings ! I just finished filing my Corporate tax's so I will have a lot more time to devote to our beloved Franklin's
Are we going to see your finest pieces in Tomaska's new book ?
<< <i>I offered my coins to Rick for his book and wasn't taken up on it. Not sure what to make of it. >>
gotta be some communication trouble here -
did you offer to pay the postage ? he's stated he won't pick up the tab on that ....
But you got to p.m me with the specific's :
If for whatever reason he would rather not have your stuff in his book ; then ...well -
let me stiffle myself until I get all the facts
But hey ! kinda makes you wonder don't it .......
I mean you and I are the only one's posting to your thread here ....
Your ready to open the door and sell off alot of really great Franklins and the intrest is ziltch ???
"Because I can"
myurl The Franklin All Old Green Holder Set
<< <i>Any of your Franklins in OGHs? >>
Many of them are OGH, even some rattlers, some old NGC holders. There are coins in this collection I've owned since the dawn of TPGs.
<< <i>Please Read. >>
I read it???
<< <i>
<< <i>Please Read. >>
I read it??? >>
He's talking not that you are bumping 1 thread more than once a day (which you aren't doing) but that you have 2 separate FOR SALE threads and you are bumping them both.
Convention became 1 FOR SALE thread and/or 1 BUY and/or 1 TRADE a day.......all "like" threads were deemed that they should be combined (ie..all items FS, should be in 1 thread....or alternate days of bumping them)
I've been told I tolerate fools poorly...that may explain things if I have a problem with you. Current ebay items - Nothing at the moment
Edited to say: OOPs, thought I was sending a pm and not replying. Foot faulted after all.
<< <i>hey - I need some new Franklins pictured in this post ........ >>
DONE!
<< <i>thanks - but do you got a rainbow toned 1951-D in PCGS 66 FBL ? >>
Not one for sale! When I rank the toughest Frankies to find in high grade and attractively toned, I always ranked the 51-D around 5th or 6th place, behind the 49-D, 50-D, and a few of the 60's dates. Thinking about it now, I think the 51-D has to move up in the rankings. The mint set 51-D's never come with rainbow tones and in 25+ years I have yet to see a two sided rainbow toned 51-D!
Bob
<< <i>I offered my coins to Rick for his book and wasn't taken up on it. Not sure what to make of it. >>
Try again. I think RT has his dweeb Brendan handling some of his email and he doesn't do a very good job of it IMHO. Rick prolly never saw your offer.
and they're cold.
I don't want nobody to shoot me in the foxhole."
Mary
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from the information I obtained , Ronyahski has on a few occasions offered his fantastic coins personally to R. Tomaska .
For whatever reason , R.T has not showed genuine interest .
This is unsettling as Ronyahski has many of the #1 dates on the planet -gradewise and colorwise (as well as original and hi-end for the grade).
No , it seems the very best will not make there way into Tomaska's new book .
This way, he can say "I'm selling the coin that was used in the book...." instead of "that person has the one from the book, but the one I am selling is better
I've been told I tolerate fools poorly...that may explain things if I have a problem with you. Current ebay items - Nothing at the moment
He wants it to be collective effort and has told me he would like to get everyone involved in posting pix in his book .
It may very well be true that if he publishes Rony's coins :
then he will never be able to say "this one I have here for sale is better "
You have some beautiful coins!
Young Numismatist ............................ and growing!
<< <i>"I Love Franklins!!!!!!"
CONGRATULATIONS TO GOLDBOY. HE RESPONDED WITH AN 'I LOVE FRANKLINS' SO THIS COIN IS ON HIS WAY TO HIM, A FELLOW FRANKIE FANATIC!
Still lovin' those 1958's...................!
Young Numismatist ............................ and growing!
<< <i>...i think if you posted a neat pix of your #1 1954-D , alot of Franklin folks would get all teary eyed >>
Please do, I have a box of tissues right beside me
<< <i>
<< <i>...i think if you posted a neat pix of your #1 1954-D , alot of Franklin folks would get all teary eyed >>
Please do, I have a box of tissues right beside me >>
I'm doing this in order. I took pics of my 1951-Ps and they are up next.
and a fine job u did at that .......... how much for all 4 of them ?