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<p>[QUOTE="physics-fan3.14, post: 2929877, member: 19165"]For an example of how wrong the PCGS and NGC guides were for Franklins, take a look at this sale:</p><p><br /></p><p>In 2015, the PCGS guide for 1963 MS-66 FBL was $25,000: <a href="https://www.pcgs.com/pricehistory#/?=86684-66" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.pcgs.com/pricehistory#/?=86684-66" rel="nofollow">https://www.pcgs.com/pricehistory#/?=86684-66</a></p><p><br /></p><p>However, this coin sold in October 2015 for $17,600: <a href="https://coins.ha.com/itm/franklin-half-dollars/half-dollars/1963-50c-ms66-full-bell-lines-pcgs/a/1225-3357.s?ic4=ListView-ShortDescription-071515" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://coins.ha.com/itm/franklin-half-dollars/half-dollars/1963-50c-ms66-full-bell-lines-pcgs/a/1225-3357.s?ic4=ListView-ShortDescription-071515" rel="nofollow">https://coins.ha.com/itm/franklin-half-dollars/half-dollars/1963-50c-ms66-full-bell-lines-pcgs/a/1225-3357.s?ic4=ListView-ShortDescription-071515</a></p><p><br /></p><p>THE NGC GUIDE CURRENTLY HAS THIS LISTED AT $37,000!!!!! What a ridiculous load of bollocks. Anyone following the NGC guide is going to be in for a rude awakening.</p><p><br /></p><p>You'll notice in the PCGS guide linked above, the values started dropping shortly after this sale. <b>There have been no sales on Heritage since. </b>However, the value listed in the PCGS price guide now corresponds to the last recorded Heritage sale..... coincidence?</p><p><br /></p><p>I chose the 1963 in 66 FBL because it's the one coin I keep track of in the Franklin series. I built an award winning set on the NGC registry, but sold most of it a few years ago. I kept this coin because it is an amazing beauty, and I couldn't part with it. Currently graded NGC 65+* FBL, I'd put it up against any 66FBL you could show me:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]711117[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]711118[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="physics-fan3.14, post: 2929877, member: 19165"]For an example of how wrong the PCGS and NGC guides were for Franklins, take a look at this sale: In 2015, the PCGS guide for 1963 MS-66 FBL was $25,000: [url]https://www.pcgs.com/pricehistory#/?=86684-66[/url] However, this coin sold in October 2015 for $17,600: [url]https://coins.ha.com/itm/franklin-half-dollars/half-dollars/1963-50c-ms66-full-bell-lines-pcgs/a/1225-3357.s?ic4=ListView-ShortDescription-071515[/url] THE NGC GUIDE CURRENTLY HAS THIS LISTED AT $37,000!!!!! What a ridiculous load of bollocks. Anyone following the NGC guide is going to be in for a rude awakening. You'll notice in the PCGS guide linked above, the values started dropping shortly after this sale. [B]There have been no sales on Heritage since. [/B]However, the value listed in the PCGS price guide now corresponds to the last recorded Heritage sale..... coincidence? I chose the 1963 in 66 FBL because it's the one coin I keep track of in the Franklin series. I built an award winning set on the NGC registry, but sold most of it a few years ago. I kept this coin because it is an amazing beauty, and I couldn't part with it. Currently graded NGC 65+* FBL, I'd put it up against any 66FBL you could show me: [ATTACH=full]711117[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]711118[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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