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Looking for thoughts on opportunity to purchase Franklins......
Oney
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There is not much recent history on comps for these coins but looking for opinions on what one should look to pay for the following Franklins. The coins are nice in hand, but this is not my usual series.:
1949-S MS-67+ CAC Hansen Collection
1951-S MS-67+ CAC Hansen Collection
1950-D PCGS MS-66+ CAC
Brian
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For investment? Probably not.
For the sheer joy of collecting? Sure.
These are top end coins that will cost top end dollars. Why are you interesting in buying?
The 50-D sure looks slam dunk FBL so I looked up its cert ..... MS66+FBL with a PCGS price guide of $2150
pop 36 with 10 higher
I’m curious, if it’s not your usual series, what’s the reason for your interest in the coins?
Mark Feld* of Heritage Auctions*Unless otherwise noted, my posts here represent my personal opinions.
Diversification of the collecting. Very nice coins, hard to come by without paying huge premium on Hansen coins. I have been given a price so since CAC doesn't price plus grades I was curious what people with more experience in this series thought.
This is one of the methods I use, when trying to come up with ballpark values for + grade coins, in the absence of any good recent auction comps:
1) I look at auction results for coins of the same numerical grade, but without the +.
2) I then compare those prices to the price guide value of the grading company which graded the coin, and calculate the ratio of sold price as a percentage of price guide price.
3) Next, I look up the price guide value for + grade examples.
4) I take the ratio from step 2) and apply it to the price guide value of + grade coins.
I don’t claim that this is an ideal way to estimate a + coin’s value. But often, it seems to help.
If the above is unclear and/or sounds like too much work, I’ll be happy to apply it to one of the coins in the opening post and come up with a number.
Mark Feld* of Heritage Auctions*Unless otherwise noted, my posts here represent my personal opinions.
I would appreciate an example.of your cacilation.
Below is a pretty good comp for the 1951-S PCGS MS67+/CAC. It brought $2280 in June of last year. PCGS price guide is $3500.
https://auctions.stacksbowers.com/lots/view/3-1KQCM0/1951-s-franklin-half-dollar-ms-67-pcgs-cac
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Here's a link to a 1950-D PCGS MS66+ (non CAC) that brought $1923.75 in May of this year, against a PCGS price guide value of $2150:
https://www.greatcollections.com/Coin/2102306/1950-D-Franklin-Half-Dollar-PCGS-MS-66-FBL-Toned
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Here's a link to a 1949-S PCGS MS67 (non-plus) /CAC example that brought $552 in January of last year against a PCGS price guide value of $1100. The price guide value for MS67+ is $1750.
https://coins.ha.com/itm/franklin-half-dollars/1949-s-50c-ms67-pcgs-cac-cac-population-22-2-mintage-3-744-000/a/132504-27498.s
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Below is a lnk for a 1949-S PCGS MS67+ (non-CAC) that brought $2094.75 in December of 2024. :
https://www.greatcollections.com/Coin/1517119/1949-S-Franklin-Half-Dollar-PCGS-MS-67-Toned
Mark Feld* of Heritage Auctions*Unless otherwise noted, my posts here represent my personal opinions.