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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Lehigh96, post: 1401349, member: 15309&quot;]Those look like Shane&#039;s photos to me and given his experience with mint sets, I bet it was his auction.&nbsp; I believe all of his E-Bay listings are auction format as opposed to BIN.</p><p><br /></p><p>As for your question, you should be drawing the line at where you become uncomfortable paying more.&nbsp; In other words, if your predetermined limit was $350 after researching the value of toned 1958-D MS66 FBL Franklin Half Dollars then you should not exceed that amount.&nbsp; The date/mm in question is very common in this grade and with dramatic rainbow toning.&nbsp; Another beautiful example is right around the corner.&nbsp; Have no fear.</p><p><br /></p><p>Having said that, asking the people on this forum how much they would pay is a fruitless endeavor.&nbsp; Unless they are toned coin collectors, they will simply regurgitate the established price guide and call you a nut for pay over that price.&nbsp; You should really limit your inquiry to other toned coin collectors.&nbsp; After all, they are the ones who you will be competing with when bidding on coin such as this.&nbsp; The PCGS price guide is $220 and after a cursory search I have found that the range for dramatically toned coins is between $300-$500 with the $500 being the upper end of the retail range.&nbsp; The coin achieved a pretty high price because two collectors really decided that they loved the coin.&nbsp; I see nothing wrong with paying 2-3X PCGS price guide for this coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you want to feel better, consider that I paid many multiples of price guide for this coin over 4 years ago.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o59/ACPitBoss/Franklin%20Half%20Dollars/FHD1958-DNGCMS67.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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