1953-D PCGS MS64FBL and MS65FBL franklins one of a kind toning-ebay- relisted at $1 ending today

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• PawPaul Posts: 5,845 ✭

  May 2, 2009 10:23PM

  good luck ; opening bids seem a tad high ...... Franklin's Rule !!

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• darktone Posts: 8,437 ✭✭✭

  May 3, 2009 8:35PM

  

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• Coll3ctor Posts: 3,359 ✭✭✭

  May 4, 2009 2:51PM

  

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• darktone Posts: 8,437 ✭✭✭

  May 10, 2009 12:03AM

  

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• PawPaul Posts: 5,845 ✭

  May 10, 2009 9:06AM

  Your Darkness ;
  
  what have we learned about the Franklin market ?

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• darktone Posts: 8,437 ✭✭✭

  May 10, 2009 9:15AM

  That they are not worth getting slabbed anymore- the slabbing fee's cost more than I am selling them for. The PCGS price guide lists the 53-D at $250 in MS65FBL- very misleading to print this number! I based slabbing them on the listed value. I thought it was on the high side but it looks like they are only bringing about 10% of the listed value- PCGS should not list values if they are this far out of whack.

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• PCcoins Posts: 3,354 ✭✭✭

  May 10, 2009 9:52AM

  the pcgs price guide has the '53-d ms65FBL @ $150
  
  

  "It is what it is."

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• darktone Posts: 8,437 ✭✭✭

  May 10, 2009 9:59AM

  Your right- my mistake. It's only bringing about 17% of the listed price guide- I feel better now.

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• PawPaul Posts: 5,845 ✭

  May 16, 2009 10:00PM

  ...after your costs;
  
  slab fee, ebay fee's, paypal, etc
  
  you cleared a nice fat chunk of change on the sale of the 53-D in PCGS 65 FBL ...right ?
  
  I find it very disturbing that the PCGS price guide (even after repeatedly being told) for Mint State Franklin's is so far out
  
  of touch with the real market .

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• darktone Posts: 8,437 ✭✭✭

  May 16, 2009 10:14PM

  I bought those coins for about $20 each. By the time I pay grading fees and eBay paypal feels I am in the hole. It use to be these Pcgs guides were in the ballpark. My fault for not researching it better but they really need to change this or remove it altogether.

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