1959 ms66 fbl?

LucyBop

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3003269010&category=11973

Hmmmmm...... I might buy it for 25 dollars.. Not 330, however, if this graded ms66fbl by PCGs it would be a major score.....
I like the feedback on the current bidder treebeardsson.....

JMOORE

Looks FBL to me

LucyBop

Yeah it looks full bell, but I have to always wonder why the owner of this coin didn't submit it, this coin in a 6 fbl would fetch over 2k easy.

dpoole

You sure can't tell that's FBL by the scan, even by PCGS standards. Nice color. He's asking 65FBL prices for that BIN, though.

Seeing as there's only about 10 FBL 1959 Franklin FBLs around, makes you wonder why this guy with the great eye doesn't pony up $15 for a shot at PCGS himself. He can't be THAT busy!

LucyBop

<< <i>makes you wonder why this guy with the great eye doesn't pony up $15 for a shot at PCGS >>



my thoughts exactly....

mbbiker

<< <i>$15 for a shot at PCGS himself >>



is that all it costs to get a coin graded by PCGS i always thought it was near $30 + the shipping fees.

JMOORE

I ALWAYS wonder that when I see auctions like this.

LucyBop

$15 for the economy service....

clackamas

Its not a 66, reeding marks on the neck, nice mark on the forehead, big mark in the fields straight infront of his nose. It looks like it may be a FBL but the picture is so dark its impossible to tell.

Loki

If those marks on the bell are indeed scruff marks, it will not even fetch a 65 imo.

LucyBop

I just can't tell, I would need to see this one in person..... And the only way I would might be for 25 dollars.....

mnmcoin

On the upclose pic of the bell lines the toning looks sorta splotchy like a baked or at'd chemically coin.

imho

morris <><

LucyBop

<< <i>toning looks sorta splotchy like a baked or at'd chemically coin >>



This whole auction smells funny.........

wallstreetman

Who just bid?

LucyBop

<< <i>Who just bid? >>



hmmmm... I don't know... he has made a purchase from the Numish..... Maybe ol Treebeardsson will snipe it in the end...

Typetone

If it's too good to be true, it probably is! You can't tell from the picture whether its FBL. But, let's be serious, if the coin was 66 quality, it would be in a holder.

Greg

coppercoins

The bell lines are broken to the right of the crack and the coin is not a 66. My personal grade would be a 64, but the grading services would go a point higher for the color, which I don't like.

airplanenut

I have a few theories on this coin of why it isn't in a PCGS MS66FBL slab:

1- There's something wrong with it
2- There's something wrong with it
3- There's something wrong with it
4- It's overgraded
5- There's something wrong with it

LucyBop

<< <i>The bell lines are broken to the right of the crack >>



It's really hard to tell... It looks FBL, again, this one seems to be very deceptive...... the 59's don't tone in this manner from the mint sets... Atleast I don't think, isnt 58 the last year of the double cardboard sets?

FC57Coins

<< <i>On the upclose pic of the bell lines the toning looks sorta splotchy like a baked or at'd chemically coin >>



I took a good close look at the coin again and that was exactly the thought that I had. It doesn't look right, especially for a 1959 coin. These were the first coins in the cello paks and they didn't tone this way. Below is the 59P from my registry set, and I bought it because it had nice album toning on it - but notice how the toning just barely creeps onto the reverse which is still mostly white. Then the next question comes up - if you had a $2000 coin, which is what a 66FBL in this date would certainly go for - wouldn't you spend the 20-30 dollars to have it graded? I smell a rat Lucille - keep your $25.

Frank

LucyBop

I have never boughten a raw coin on ebay and probably never will. (I have boughten a few sealed proof sets). I leave this one for the current bidders to fight over...... Now raw Archie comics, I'll buy em all day!

wallstreetman

I already have one thats in an ANACS holder, color wise, it looks exactly like this one! Its a 65 and this one looks better. I dont see why it wouldnt go 65!

2sharpeis

i just sold my ngc 66 fbl 59 frank at long beach in sept ,it was a monster.. only offer was 1800 at that time so i sold it.. needed the cash.. it looked ten times nicer then this one

segoja

Sounds liek you sold too cheap!

Who bought it???

I have one in a PCGS holder in 66FBL!

The coin in question is not a 66!

FC57Coins

Segoja:

I'd love to see what that 59 in MS66FBL looks like - do you have a pic?

Frank

Baley

I agree, based on the scans, this coin isn't a 6, might make 5 though, have to see it up close to tell about that and whether the color sits right. maybe he's giving it a point for the color? the BIN would be ok if it slabbed 5, in 4 it's a $40 coin even if the BL are F. Raw I might pay the $40 and take a shot

wallstreetman

Well, I worked a price and he took it! I will let you know what it grades, will be submitting at Long Beach. Any dupes will be sold! This submission is going to cost the BUCKS!

wallstreetman

Boy Ill say one thing, the guy is no slouch when it comes to shipping! I recieved the coin today. Its definitely not a 66, a 64 that might go 65 because of the color! I would send it back if it wasnt for the color, looks way more rainbow than the scan, Im not a toning fan but some people are! The scratch in the field on the left is accompanied by a rim ding, not real bad though, only under 10x. It will just make FBL!

LucyBop

I hope you get a good grade on this... Let me know.......