Some coins from a 1958 Mint Set.

[SkyMan]

I bought these raw at the Santa Clara show. The unshown sides have a nice lustrous steel gray look to them. The other coins from the mint set were nice, but not up to the standards of these.

 

The dime is not worth slabbing, but 'taint too shabby. I'd grade it 65ish, maybe 66 on a good day. Unquestionably FT in hand. As you can see, NGC had a little problem with quality control the day the Frankies were slabbed. However, they have said they would reslab them correctly (e.g. reverse rotated 180 degrees) for no cost. The Franklins are exceptionally toned even for '58-D's. I can't quite understand why the obverse got starred and the reverse didn't, although the toning is a bit more developed on the obverse. The pictures were by LucyBop, and I think she did an excellent job.

 

 

 

 

[WinstonWare]

Nice color on all of those

[ant]

very very nice!

[bsshog40]

Nice toned 58's there skyman!!

[robec1347]

Great toning on those Frankies, Sy. That reverse looks incredible. How close to FBL is it? It seems to have a fairly strong strike.

[ibyandsellsmith]

That Franklin is a beaut'

[Dwaine]

Those are great coins.

[rrantique]

What a beautiful bunch of toners SY.

[CarolinaCollector]

Nice 58s!

[CTcollector1]

Outstanding

[SkyMan]

Thanks for the nice comments folks!

 

Great toning on those Frankies, Sy. That reverse looks incredible. How close to FBL is it? It seems to have a fairly strong strike.

 

One thing that the image of the reverse does not show is that the area to the right of the clapper and above the OLLA of DOLLAR is the same reddish color that is in front of Ben's nose. The reverse's lines technically are FBL, however they have enough slashes from hits going through them that the coin is not considered FBL. Basically, if full bell lines get chopped up enough they are no longer considered FBL.

[TomB]

The 1958 and 1957 US Mint Sets were perhaps the best of the era (1947-1958) for producing wonderfully toned coinage and your three pieces imaged are classic examples of the colors that one might hope to obtain. The obverse toned Franklin was likley starred simply because it had obverse toning rather than reverse toning. That Roosevelt dime is also quite nice.

[physics-fan3.14]

That 58 obverse is a stunner. Wow.

[harvey8542]

Them are some real neat looking 58's you have there.