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What is the least-common, well toned Franklin Half?
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I've been told I tolerate fools poorly...that may explain things if I have a problem with you. Current ebay items - Nothing at the moment
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......could almost lump the entire 1959 to 1963 , P's and D's , into one boat . ........ very , very scarce with pretty , deep toning
<< <i>Well...until PawPaul and Bushmaster chime in, you won't really know the right answer! >>
Yes, they really know what they are talking about.
For the following info I'm talking about coins grading MS65.
Toughest coins are the non mint set toned coins 1950, 1959-63; and also the D mints from 1949-53. (For the D mints I'm assuming well toned means attractively toned. There are PLENTY of well toned, if you mean completely toned, '49-'53D mint coins). From there it somewhat depends on what you stumble upon. I'd say 1950P, 1959 P&D, 1960P and 1963 P&D are reasonably easy (WITHIN the above mentioned subgroup). Probably '62P&D followed by some of the early D mints would be next. Then '61P&D. I'd say probably the '50 D and '60 D would be the toughest to find attractively toned, but as mentioned it somewhat depends on the luck of the draw and what you stumble upon.
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..........never found a colorful "stunner" of either .
As Sy sez , a feller can't really pinpoint #1 , #2 , #3 , etc ............that feller might come across 2 or 3 really neat one's of a date in a short time while another guy might look for the same date for
years and never find one .
Take the 1961-P ......to me thats a stopper with near Rainbow toning ; but Bushmaster might have seen or owned 1/2 a dozen of them .
I eliminate the 1948-1958 P, D, and S's because of the mint sets, even the '50-P can be found pretty frequently nicely toned -
but them freakin' late dates are far and few between
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PawPaul, I know you've "seen" a nice PCGS MS65FBL
<< <i>if by well toned , you mean colorful attractive toning -then the 59-D is one of , if not the tuffest
PawPaul, I know you've "seen" a nice PCGS MS65FBL >>
i'm gonna stick to my guns ....the first set of PCGS MS65 and better I built in the 1990 - 2000 era had one coin I needed to complete the whole set ;
I never did find a real pretty color coin , and I looked high and low, for many a year.........'twas that date i'm saying is the tuffest of them all - 1959-D
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but I have seen a few of those dates with monster toning in PCGS MS65 and MS66 holders -
I have never seen a naturally toned Rainbow 59-D with monster color in a PCGS MS65 or better holder .......ever
<< <i>the 50-D is nearly impossible , the 51-P almost so ;
but I have seen a few of those dates with monster toning in PCGS MS65 and MS66 holders -
I have never seen a naturally toned Rainbow 59-D with monster color in a PCGS MS65 or better holder .......ever >>
Ditto.
I don't go after the expensive/high-end franklins like you and Bushie, but I do watch them. I have seen some of most all of them, but not a high end, NATURALLY TONED "rainbow" or very colorful, 1959-D.
I have seen a very nice, MS63 I think it was, a couple years ago, before I knew how difficult they were to find, on TT, and missed out because it hit a high level (3x or 4x what it "should" have gone for).....still kicking myself
I've been told I tolerate fools poorly...that may explain things if I have a problem with you. Current ebay items - Nothing at the moment
this monster toned MS64 , sold last Sunday : hammered for over 500$ with juice !!
I had to use every trick in the book to lay off the piece , even at that astro level of price
had it been in a PCGS holder - I would have bid up as high as the sky
I saw no reason for it to be only a 64 ......could be the old story of downgrading a point to be on the safe side with that unbelievable toning
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<< <i>here you go Bman -
this monster toned MS64 , sold last Sunday : hammered for over 500$ with juice !!
I had to use every trick in the book to lay off the piece , even at that astro level of price
had it been in a PCGS holder - I would have bid up as high as the sky
I saw no reason for it to be only a 64 ......could be the old story of downgrading a point to be on the safe side with that unbelievable toning
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I liked that one too, but not at that price. From the blowup image 64 seems reasonable. If I remember properly there was a gash on the bust.
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<< <i>Interested in what you guys think about the color on my 51P I picked up this year. Link to Heritage is all I can do for now. Need to get photos done on my set. The 50,50D,54,59D and many others are all quite colorful and I have had them for some time.. My set is listed under mmarc on NGC and PCGS and pictures are now my priority.
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.....looks like nice luster , normal obv. surfaces, nice reverse - not really quite colorful though ; add it all together and I like it !
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<< <i>here you go Bman -
this monster toned MS64 , sold last Sunday : hammered for over 500$ with juice !!
I had to use every trick in the book to lay off the piece , even at that astro level of price
had it been in a PCGS holder - I would have bid up as high as the sky
I saw no reason for it to be only a 64 ......could be the old story of downgrading a point to be on the safe side with that unbelievable toning
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I liked that one too, but not at that price. From the blowup image 64 seems reasonable. If I remember properly there was a gash on the bust. >>
wonder who got this piece ?