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<p>[QUOTE="TheNickelGuy, post: 24580581, member: 20201"]Came home with these yesterday from a local coin auction. They were all I came home with, and all I went for, but I now have a complete set of Franklin Half Dollars in Uncirculated and now all the Proofs.</p><p>It only took me 40 years to get the <b>1950, 51, 52</b> and <b>53 Proof Franklins.</b></p><p><br /></p><p>There are many coins that far outperformed these over 40 years.</p><p><b><font size="4">I wish there was a graph of values on the internet someplace for seeing certain coin appreciations and depreciations year by year.</font></b></p><p>Do you know of one?</p><p>I looked but have to go by memory.</p><p>Gold or silver purchased back then has far outperformed. Maybe now was a good time to buy? Better late than never.</p><p><br /></p><p>I don't think I hurt myself any waiting so long to buy. These sets were pretty high decades ago but I don't think inflation and the value of the US dollar would have made them a good investment. I got a good price yesterday, they were not cheap, but far better than eBay, or a coin show or coin shop price tag would ask today. They were nicer than the internet pictures shown on Auctionzip.</p><p><br /></p><p>So, no black carbon spots, some coins are perhaps light cameo or frosted. No black tarnish from original cello and box issues. They don't looked dipped to remove such either.</p><p>Of course, I bought them for the Franklins, and the lead the parade of my US Proof Sets, but they will stay in the sets like all my other Franklin proofs to 1963.</p><p><br /></p><p>Bucket List check off!</p><p><font size="3"><i>(hard to photograph) but here they are ... </i>click for larger</font></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1560206[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="TheNickelGuy, post: 24580581, member: 20201"]Came home with these yesterday from a local coin auction. They were all I came home with, and all I went for, but I now have a complete set of Franklin Half Dollars in Uncirculated and now all the Proofs. It only took me 40 years to get the [B]1950, 51, 52[/B] and [B]53 Proof Franklins.[/B] There are many coins that far outperformed these over 40 years. [B][SIZE=4]I wish there was a graph of values on the internet someplace for seeing certain coin appreciations and depreciations year by year.[/SIZE][/B] Do you know of one? I looked but have to go by memory. Gold or silver purchased back then has far outperformed. Maybe now was a good time to buy? Better late than never. I don't think I hurt myself any waiting so long to buy. These sets were pretty high decades ago but I don't think inflation and the value of the US dollar would have made them a good investment. I got a good price yesterday, they were not cheap, but far better than eBay, or a coin show or coin shop price tag would ask today. They were nicer than the internet pictures shown on Auctionzip. So, no black carbon spots, some coins are perhaps light cameo or frosted. No black tarnish from original cello and box issues. They don't looked dipped to remove such either. Of course, I bought them for the Franklins, and the lead the parade of my US Proof Sets, but they will stay in the sets like all my other Franklin proofs to 1963. Bucket List check off! [SIZE=3][I](hard to photograph) but here they are ... [/I]click for larger[/SIZE] [ATTACH=full]1560206[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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