Did anyone here win the triple 1956 proof set that sold on Ebay back in May?

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ModCrewman
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edited July 21, 2017 6:51AM in U.S. Coin Forum

I'm curious if anyone here won the Ebay auction that closed back in May for three 1956 Proof Sets in a single holder?

I'd picked up on the auction and placed a bid I thought was relatively nuclear, but I got literally blown out of the water. What was so special about these 3 sets you ask? It had looked to me as if all 3 Franklin half dollars were solid Type I cameos. The closing auction price treated them as all 67 CAM or better..my bid of a little over $1,000 was based upon all at 66 CAM. That auction was about as nuclear as I'd ever seen an auction go.

For posterity, here are the auction photos:


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  • RichieURich
    RichieURich Posts: 8,640 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    In my experience, a lot of 1956 Type 1 halves have cameo reverses, but the obverses are a bit weak. So usually it is the obverse that keeps the coin out of a CAM or DCAM holder. Just from the pic, it looks like the first half would CAM, the other two, who knows?

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  • ChrisH821
    ChrisH821 Posts: 7,147 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Wow

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  • Peace_dollar88
    Peace_dollar88 Posts: 1,256 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Wow good looking coins! Brought good money.

  • U1chicago
    U1chicago Posts: 6,993 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Has anyone else noticed that type 1 1956 Proof Franklins sometimes go for close to full price and sometimes even above when the seller does not mention it in the title or listing (I'm referring to auctions)?
    There have been 3-4 times that I have seen an unidentified type 1, and every time it was sniped for basically full retail.

  • WoodenJefferson
    WoodenJefferson Posts: 6,491 ✭✭✭✭
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    What I'm not impressed with is the layout to photograph these coins. I hope that is blotter paper and not a hard counter top.

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  • davewesen
    davewesen Posts: 6,981 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    I wonder if the seller was shocked?

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  • Wabbit2313
    Wabbit2313 Posts: 7,268 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    I don't even see a CAM in their future. In the actual auction images, there is a lot of shine and not much frost on the obverse.

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  • KISHU1
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    I was also watching the auction and was out at $300
    It looked like only the first Franklin had a shot at being a cameo

    Good luck to the new owner

    Frank D.

  • mannie gray
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    Agree--first coin shot cam; definite no on the other two.

  • MICHAELDIXON
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    $2,900. Wow! That surprised me!

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  • RichieURich
    RichieURich Posts: 8,640 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Bid is $50 per set.

    Guess it sometimes pays to have lousy pictures.

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  • keets
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    Don, if you were wondering whether the sets were purchased by a member here and what the grades may have been, look at it like this: gamblers ALWAYS are willing to brag about how much they win but rarely mention the losses. viewed in that context it is clear to me that none of the coins graded high if a member was the winner, we'd have known by now.

  • ricko
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    Al makes a good point....At that price, if there were 'winners' in there, and a forum member had them, we would see the results by now. As the commentary in my poker games go - 'Deal' say the losers. :D I Cannot say for sure if any of those would CAM... I lean to the negative. If so, we should see them up for sale again shortly.... Cheers, RickO

  • georgiacop50
    georgiacop50 Posts: 2,909 ✭✭✭✭
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    My guess is that seller knew what he was doing and that the coins were less than Pr66

  • SanctionII
    SanctionII Posts: 13,185 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    All three half dollars dollars are Type 1. From the photos it appears that all three half dollars have frosted devices on both sides of the coin. All three of the half dollars have hazey/impaired fields that appear nicely mirrored underneath. If the haze can be removed with a bath it may result in three half dollars that would possible warrant a CAM designation. Numeric grade can not be determined from photos, however there is nothing which shows the presence of anything that would indicate a low grade 63 or less.

    The three dimes also look very nice. They also appear to have two sided frost and mirrored fields.

    A very high bid price for raw coins, however with the return privilege the high bidder would have little risk. The seller was probably very shocked at the winning bid.

    Would like to know the rest of the story.

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