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<p>[QUOTE="Skyman, post: 2398302, member: 28299"]The 1953 D with fbl carrys just a small premium, but the 1953 S with fbl is the king of the series.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>1953-D's in general come well struck, so they are relatively easy to find FBL. Unfortunately they are hard to find with decent toning.</p><p><br /></p><p>1953-P's are much tougher to find FBL than D's, but they are easier to find nicely toned than D's.</p><p><br /></p><p>1953-S's are BY FAR the hardest to find slabbed FBL. I do think that to a certain extent this is a function of the grading services being MUCH tougher on giving the FBL grade on this date/mm than on other date/mm, as they know that the FBL designation is worth beaucoup bucks on the 1953-S. There are plenty of more commonly found date/mm slabbed coins out there that are graded FBL that would not get an FBL if they were graded to the same standard as a 1953-S.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Skyman, post: 2398302, member: 28299"]The 1953 D with fbl carrys just a small premium, but the 1953 S with fbl is the king of the series.[/QUOTE] 1953-D's in general come well struck, so they are relatively easy to find FBL. Unfortunately they are hard to find with decent toning. 1953-P's are much tougher to find FBL than D's, but they are easier to find nicely toned than D's. 1953-S's are BY FAR the hardest to find slabbed FBL. I do think that to a certain extent this is a function of the grading services being MUCH tougher on giving the FBL grade on this date/mm than on other date/mm, as they know that the FBL designation is worth beaucoup bucks on the 1953-S. There are plenty of more commonly found date/mm slabbed coins out there that are graded FBL that would not get an FBL if they were graded to the same standard as a 1953-S.[/QUOTE]
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