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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Lehigh96, post: 25266168, member: 15309&quot;]<img src="https://i.imgur.com/ayrcRUq.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>This story is entitled:&nbsp; Lehigh&#039;s White Whale</p><p><br /></p><p>This coin represents my 8th attempt to fill this slot in my registry set. The first 7 attempts were various MS67 and MS67 5FS coins. Most were either lack luster, poorly struck, or down right ugly. The 1950-D may not be difficult to find in mint state grades, but obtaining a specimen that fits in a high ranking registry set is a difficult chase indeed. At the outset of my endeavor to complete the Jefferson series, I knew I would need fantastic coin to represent the &quot;so called&quot; key date of the series. After 7 failed attempts to fill the slot, I began to consider the ever elusive 1950-D, my white whale.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/pPSxEfP.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>In the 2011 Heritage FUN Sale, I obtained my first MS67 5FS, and I was so elated that at the time, I declared that coin my White Whale, but alas the coin had what some would call satin luster. Let&#039;s be honest, the thing was so flat and uninspiring that only an aficionado of technical grading could appreciate it. But I kept up the charade that I was happy with the coin and kept it in my set.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/IhMWmHz.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>In 2019, I found an MS67 with beautiful cobalt blue and antique bronze toning that resided in an old fatty slab that predated the 5FS designation. I was confident that it was full steps so I sent the coin to NGC for designation review and sure enough, the coin came back MS67 5FS and that coin represented my set admirably.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/F0SgdVD.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/IO9dZzI.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>My brother had taken up coin collecting again in 2019 and was building an impressive Franklin Half Dollar collection on his own; he started buying mint sets on eBay in an attempt to cherrypick some nice full bell Franklins. So he decided to buy a random 1950-D mint set that someone had assembled in one of those capital plastics holders. He handed it to me and asked me what I thought. Well, I wasn&#039;t too impressed with the Franklin, but when I got to the Jefferson my knees buckled and I almost dropped the entire set. Gazing back at me through the loupe was the finest 50-D Jefferson Nickel I had ever seen. I was Ahab, searching the 7 seas in search of my White Whale, meanwhile, my brother, completely by accident, has it fall right into his lap.</p><p><br /></p><p>So I sent it to NGC knowing full well what grade it would receive and I told my brother, when that coin comes back MS67 5FS, I am gonna sell mine, and you are gonna sell this one to me. He agreed that $500 was a fair price for his little brother to finally get his White Whale.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/mV5Kz2o.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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