I can't speak for the collectors in the 1950's as my parents weren't even born yet, nor can I speak for rarity or difficulty of finding MS 65 FBL for the 1953 S as I am in the 63/64 range in my collection. I do know from reading several other Franklin posts that many early collectors were not all that interested in full bell lines as many were more focused on having a full "Pass and Stow" reading on the bell. I would imagine this trend of thinking and focus on the Franklin Half collection could explain the decreased in premium or demand for the full bell line '53S as detailed in the article. As focus changed to bell lines, the attribution caught on and has been, in my opinion with most other attributions, a slight market ploy ever since. Still, I dont' think the series has caught all too much popularity and thus, I'm sure the price remains low, albeit I haven't checked any recent TPG autions.
i think cac as it evolves and starts putting pressure on the grading services toput a true grade on coins instead of whats been happening with coins there will be less ms65 not really and more true ms 65 which will increase all coin values making there value more in line with the present silver and gold values.i myself like franklins and have many mint sets of them many i have not opened yet.
