Ahhh, different circumstances. Your statement fits those circumstances better than mine. I think the biggest difference between the sales you've seen and the ones here, is Country vs City. I'm in the Houston, Texas vicinity. Besides, Death is very final.
"I think the biggest difference between the sales you've seen and the ones here, is Country vs City." Yeah, typically the difference is "relocation" versus "total closeout".
We were born in Iowa. Moved here 40 years ago. Lived in Katy until it got too big. Bought this little ranch about 20 years ago.
That's cool. I live in Katy now. Moved from Houston 3 yrs ago. I was born and raised in a little town called Texas City. I moved to Houston in 1978 or '79.
I sure wouldn't be making a $1k gamble on a $30-$15k spread. It seems like the deck would be stacked against me. If the seller has enough knowledge to advertise a 1953-s Franklin as Full Bell Lines, they also have enough knowledge to send it to PCGS if it has a marginal chance of achieving this distinction.
If it seems too good to be true ... I'm skeptical. Why didn't the seller send it to a TPG service himself?
Received the coin today. You were right - it was a 1953-D, and not a 1953-S. I informed the seller and they will refund my payment and I return the coin. Shame - it was a beautiful 1953-D Franklin, probably MS-66, and had full bell lines, so my hunch that the coin was FBL was correct, lol. Just wrong mint, and the seller acknowledged they made the mistake on that. Was hard to tell if that was an "S" or "D", but deferred to their lot description. Good seller to agree to refund, no hassles.
They didn't advertise it as full bell lines. It looked like it might be FBL, and it was. Problem was that the coin was actually a 1953-D, not 1953-S as they described. Very nice coin, though (would have graded MS-66). Seller agreed to refund full payment for their error.
