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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;WingedLiberty, post: 1240555, member: 26030&quot;]The PCGS price guide lists an average coin in this grade at $180.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Obviously this was a case of beautiful toning &amp; color, and tremendous eye appeal trumping the price guides.</p><p><br /></p><p>I wouldn&#039;t pay more than about $400 to $500 (about 2.5x to 3x) for that Franklin (and I love toners!). </p><p><br /></p><p>In any case, do I think this Franklin is beautiful?&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; YES!</p><p><br /></p><p>Is it worth $1,500, the price it sold for on eBay?&nbsp;&nbsp; An 8.3x toning premium? </p><p>&nbsp;Not to me at least. But obviously it was worth that to somebody.</p><p><br /></p><p>I looked at the bids and it was a bidding war between 3 people that drove the price from $500 to $800. At $800, 1 of the 3 dropped out.&nbsp; Then the 2 remaining bidders drove the price from $800 all the way to $1500 in a series of leapfrogs.&nbsp; Deep pockets perhaps building a nice registry set.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is an image of the coin in question (that fired off on eBay for $1500):</p><p>[ATTACH]132820.vB[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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