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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I collect Franklins. I have a complete BU and Proof set, and recently inherited a circulated set that only lacks four coins. I will finish that one as well. For the best chance of future price appreciation try for an uncirculated set and jsut add the proofs as you find them. In ten years we will look back and laugh at the cheap prices for this series today. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I just finished my Franklin business strike set about 3 weeks ago(plus proofs 1958-63)  The best bit of advise I can give you is to look for the best strike possible. FBLs are nice and all but try to get ones where PASS AND STOW PHILADELPHIA is nice and clear and the eaglet wings are strong- that gives you the fullest strike possible(not too many fine details on obv other than the hair curls around the ear). You may also want to check out my Christmas sales thread- I have a few Franklins for sale  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Congrats on completing your Franklin set!  Quote:
look for the best strike possible Out of curiosity, how did that one Franklin I sent you look in-hand? Better or worse than pics?  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Quite a nice strike and it had a good original skin About a week after I bought the 54-S from you, I found a nice deal on a 52-S in MS65 to complete the set  Edited by biokemist6
12/17/2008 10:54 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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i also collect the franklin.. I like it better than the kennedy.. I personally think Franklins are undervalued
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Valued Member
United States
317 Posts |
Franklins are a great place to start! My girlfriend and I recently managed to acquire over half of the dates for a Franklin set from roll hunting, and we're going to finish the set. Franklins really are one of the most affordable 90% series out there, and it's a set you can complete as quickly or as slowly as you'd like. I'd say go for it! Another recommendation I might make if you're thinking silver are Roosevelt dimes. I've been working on a set of those, silvers and clads, and I've found it to be quite enjoyable. It's also a set that's nice because none of the "keys" are big money coins. The big money coins are nice, but they can also be depressing when you keep looking at that empty hole in your album. Those empty holes are why I traded my Standing Liberty quarter set for a 1998 Matte Kennedy. |
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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All good points...thanks! Another question: for those of you that do have sets of Franklins (and your set of Roosevelts, Terror) how do you keep and display them? Dansco albums with the plastic sleeve on each side? And when you get the MS Franklins are they TPG certified? |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I have my set in a Dansco. The album has two pages with five blank holes at the end. I solved that problem by filling them with the 1959-63 proofs so the album is completely full. A couple of mine have been certified by they got cracked out and the rest were purchased raw, mainly from a coin shop bid board and a briefcase dealer who has my want list.
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 United States
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As I stated above, my Franklins are in a Dansco album. All of them were acquired raw, some from roll hunting. The ones from roll hunting are around XF, but the ones I bought are AU-MS. I am a very sentimental person. The ones from rolls were the first acquired for my set, so I have a difficult time upgrading them. They do stand out in the album, but that just reminds me that they were the first coins I had in the set!  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
580 Posts |
JBuck, you and Terror say you found some Franklins while roll hunting. Is this recently? I have a hard enough time just finding banks that carry halves at all, and when they do they are never in rolls. They may have 8 or 9 at the most.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I probably average 1 franklin for every 8-10 boxes of halves in roll hunting. They are not common but they do exist.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I found a walker once... I will never be suprised at what I find in rolls.
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United States
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JBuck, you and Terror say you found some Franklins while roll hunting. Is this recently? Nope, I found mine between 1992 and 1994. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
580 Posts |
Right, so those rolls could've possibly been rolled for 25 to 30 years and chilling in a bank vault. It would be tough to find a large quantity in rolls nowadays, but I know it IS possible!
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United States
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It is possible! But I do know that many of my finds were brought in by current customers and my very alert girlfriend-at-the-time (a bank teller) would set them aside for me! |
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Posted 12/17/2008 8:34 pm
