I think i am addicted to 58 D franklins and need to seek some help :(
djdilliodon
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Every time i go into a coin store and look at double mint sets its like i go into a trance. Soon as i lift that green paper under a light looking at those ruby reds, emerald greens, and awesome magenta's I must quickly hand over my cash to have those 58 D's 
. Here are 2 more i picked up today from a sweet mint set. I ran out of cash but they had another one just as nice so i told them to hold it for me till tomorrow so that one will also be mine to . I am totally addicted to these things! How many 58 D's franklins does one need?!
. Here are 2 more i picked up today from a sweet mint set. I ran out of cash but they had another one just as nice so i told them to hold it for me till tomorrow so that one will also be mine to . I am totally addicted to these things! How many 58 D's franklins does one need?! 0
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Do they count if they don't have a "D" on them?
<< <i>Where exactly IS this store?
I am NOT telling lol.
<< <i>Where exactly IS this store?
No kidding! I haven't seen an original mint set around town here for a couple years.
I bought the last set I found... 1957.
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<< <i>Very Pretty !
Do they count if they don't have a "D" on them?
Oh im addicted to the P mints as well
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<< <i>Where exactly IS this store?
No kidding! I haven't seen an original mint set around town here for a couple years.
I bought the last set I found... 1957.
Oh my that 57D frankie is sweet! They had a 57 set but it didnt do much for me color wise so i didnt even bother throwing an offer at it. Ive dealt with this dealer for the past 4-5 years and built a really good relationship with them. Now i dont have to pop in and see if they got anything. They just call me when they get double mint sets in and i go down look them over and they take all my money lol.
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<< <i>Where exactly IS this store?
No kidding! I haven't seen an original mint set around town here for a couple years.
I bought the last set I found... 1957.
I would not mine seeing the obverse of those Lincolns!
I have often considered just buying every nice one I see. Only deterrent is that I do still have a good balance of investor/collector in my bones, and I just don't think they will ever rise to
serious levels. But, it pays to have a few, just in case I'm wrong!
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I knew it would happen.
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Nice coin.
<< <i>I love 58-Ds
<< <i>Man, what a hideous coin! Poor thing. Send it to me for proper dispensation......right into my slab box.
Nice coin.
<< <i>I love 58-Ds
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I was buying colorful coins and the most abundant seemed to be the 58-D , and after filling a whole PCGS box with that date - I said uncle - no more !
.........20 years ago I was buying PCGS MS 66's from J. Wooten @ 200$ a pop ( pre FBL era )............ he thought it was smart to load up on them if they ever fell below the 200$ level .
well, I still got a 1/2 dozen from him that I might be able to sell for 100$ ea. - on a good day .......
The 58-D is a great date , for neat colors ..........but it's just too dirt common to ever be a date that's value is ever going to sky rocket
<< <i>.........early on when I began collecting Mint Set Franklins , it got to the point I refused to buy another single solitary 58-D .........
..........The 58-D is a great date , for neat colors ..........but it's just too dirt common to ever be a date that's value is ever going to sky rocket >>
PP,
Do you feel the same can be said for 57-D's. They do seem to come with awesome color but am I mistaken in believing only with half or less regularity? Estimate?
Hmmm ... there are some nice looking coins in this thread
<< <i>.........early on when I began collecting Mint Set Franklins , it got to the point I refused to buy another single solitary 58-D .........
I was buying colorful coins and the most abundant seemed to be the 58-D , and after filling a whole PCGS box with that date - I said uncle - no more !
.........20 years ago I was buying PCGS MS 66's from J. Wooten @ 200$ a pop ( pre FBL era )............ he thought it was smart to load up on them if they ever fell below the 200$ level .
well, I still got a 1/2 dozen from him that I might be able to sell for 100$ ea. - on a good day .......
The 58-D is a great date , for neat colors ..........but it's just too dirt common to ever be a date that's value is ever going to sky rocket >>
Ah, the days when Wooten was selling! PP, I remember your old collection;It was amazing. I also remember battling it out at Auctions, you and Ronyahski.
I was so sad when I heard you were selling....mainly cause I missed out on being able to pick any up
Nah, sucks when we have to sell. I remember one coin you had, not sure of the date, but it was as much a monster as any toned Franklin I have ever seen.
I want to say 49S 66 or 67fbl.
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<< <i>.........early on when I began collecting Mint Set Franklins , it got to the point I refused to buy another single solitary 58-D .........
..........The 58-D is a great date , for neat colors ..........but it's just too dirt common to ever be a date that's value is ever going to sky rocket >>
PP,
Do you feel the same can be said for 57-D's. They do seem to come with awesome color but am I mistaken in believing only with half or less regularity? Estimate? >>
57 D's that have killer toning like the 58 D's always sell for more. I think they are a good date to stash away with color like that. They are not as common with that type of color and your assumption of half or less sounds pretty spot on to me.
they are not nearly as plentiful as the 58-D's .
I would say for every 4 1958-D's - there would be one 1957-D ............
or a pop. that is 25% that of the more common '58-D
.......I'm talking about top notch color pieces
...that was the piece that was supposed to be in Tomaska's new book ;
The PCGS MS66 FBL that I bought from him for 4500$ and he bought back for 6000$ ..........
.there are no words in the human language that adequately and properly describe the beauty and quality of that very unique coin
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<< <i>.........early on when I began collecting Mint Set Franklins , it got to the point I refused to buy another single solitary 58-D .........
..........The 58-D is a great date , for neat colors ..........but it's just too dirt common to ever be a date that's value is ever going to sky rocket >>
PP,
Do you feel the same can be said for 57-D's. They do seem to come with awesome color but am I mistaken in believing only with half or less regularity? Estimate? >>
Hey PawPaul-'57Ps have killer toning in my opinion.I have a few but don't know how to load into this forum.
The 1957-P Franklin is another date that can come with stunning colors .......... there are many, many 1957-P's that will knock my socks off ,
but they are an entirely different animal then the 1957-D's
To give an idea of how common '58-D's with nice toning can be, Tomaska had 2 of them in the toned Franklin section at the back of his new book. Surprisingly enough the only other date/mm's with more than 1 coin imaged in that section were, '51-D, '52, '53, '53-D and '58, all of which had two examples each... each of which (except for the '58 and maybe the '52 ) IMO are tough date/mm's to find with decent toning.
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Keep one 1958-D.
Then, send the duplicates to me.
Problem solved.
P.S. Post pictures of your 58-D's. I want to see what I will be getting in the mail shortly.
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