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<p>[QUOTE="Kryptonitecomic, post: 1355570, member: 26784"]The original coin posted is nice an original but as far as mint set frankies from the 1958 Denver mint go....it's far from a monster. I think the price it pulled was fair considering the grade and quality of the toning. A monster toner in that grade could pull triple that price or more so I think the market kinda echoed some of the comments here in terms of personal taste.</p><p><br /></p><p>As irony would have it...here is a 1958-D frankie in MS66FBL that I purchased today for several hundred less than the coin that started this thread. It's certainly a monster even for the date and one of the nicest I have ever owned.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p> <img src="http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee194/Kryptonitecomics/Consignments53/MonsterFranklinslabobv.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p> <img src="http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee194/Kryptonitecomics/Consignments53/MonsterFranklinslabrev.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p> <img src="http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee194/Kryptonitecomics/Consignments53/MonsterFranklinobv.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p> <img src="http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee194/Kryptonitecomics/Consignments53/MonsterFranklinrev.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Kryptonitecomic, post: 1355570, member: 26784"]The original coin posted is nice an original but as far as mint set frankies from the 1958 Denver mint go....it's far from a monster. I think the price it pulled was fair considering the grade and quality of the toning. A monster toner in that grade could pull triple that price or more so I think the market kinda echoed some of the comments here in terms of personal taste. As irony would have it...here is a 1958-D frankie in MS66FBL that I purchased today for several hundred less than the coin that started this thread. It's certainly a monster even for the date and one of the nicest I have ever owned. [img]http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee194/Kryptonitecomics/Consignments53/MonsterFranklinslabobv.jpg[/img] [img]http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee194/Kryptonitecomics/Consignments53/MonsterFranklinslabrev.jpg[/img] [img]http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee194/Kryptonitecomics/Consignments53/MonsterFranklinobv.jpg[/img] [img]http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee194/Kryptonitecomics/Consignments53/MonsterFranklinrev.jpg[/img][/QUOTE]
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