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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Skyman, post: 1126385, member: 28299&quot;]Thank you for your kind comments WL.&nbsp; I call the pink &#039;58-D &quot;Cotton Candy&quot; as the colors on the coin remind me of the treat.&nbsp; FWIW I also have a bunch of raw &#039;58 P&amp;D&#039;s which can&#039;t be included in the Signature set.</p><p><br /></p><p>For business strike Franklins, the &quot;Holy Grail&quot; would most likely have to be the 1953-S with FBL.&nbsp; That date/mm is a common coin without FBL, but add FBL and it increases in value by a multiple of roughly 100 - 125 times.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>As to high grade Franklins, you have to realize how rare they are.&nbsp; After 25 years of grading, there are NO MS68&#039;s by either major TPG.&nbsp; MS67 is the top of the line, and in quite a few of the date/mm&#039;s the top of the line is MS66.&nbsp; Personally, I do NOT find it worthwhile to go down either the FBL OR highest grade route.&nbsp; For the dates that FBL is not a major cost multiplier I normally will look for FBL, but otherwise there are plenty of graded coins where IMO the grading service has screwed up and not given an FBL to a deserving coin.&nbsp; As to high grade Franklins, you can find very nice looking raw MS63-5 Franklins for WELL under $50 if you want to or Very nice graded MS65 Franklins for very reasonable prices if you spend a little time looking around.</p><p><br /></p><p>Since you were born in &#039;57 here&#039;s a Franklin for you...</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m246/SkyMan58/Frankies/1957-DFrankobv_924.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m246/SkyMan58/Frankies/1958Dfrankrev_009.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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