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Message:: [QUOTE="faceglider, post: 1240881, member: 32190"]Franklins of 1957 Philadelphia mint are somewhat tough to find in FBL.  In MS66 FBL, there are only 39 that are certified for that date (According to "A Guidebook to Franklin and Kennedy Half Dollars" by Rick Tomaska, pub. 2011), albeit I think it is way overpriced. I'd say $500. It has a nice tone, but not to the degree that it would warrant a $1,500 value.  Strikes for 1957 P's are considered 'below average' so again, FBL's are tough to find.  Tomaska says of the 1957 P MS-66 & MS-67 FBL varieties:  "This isssue is about as rare as the 1956-P in both MS-66 and MS-66 FBL with Mint set-toned surfaces.  Examples with exceptional color toning are approximately as rare as well.  The 1957-P sets itself apart from the 1956-P in its rarity in MS-66 FBL with fully brilliant surfaces.  As elusive as the 1956-P is in its ultimate brilliant state (no example has ever graded higher than MS-66 FBL), the 1957-P is rarer still.  I [Tomaska] have handled perhaps four or five examples in this condition over the past 20 years".[/QUOTE]