1961 Franklin Proof - First Ever Toned

I used to dig through stacks of proof sets at the local coin shop, looking for toning I liked. It was an easy and inexpensive way (for my means and income, in my opinion) to get toned coins that would otherwise sometimes seem to be very expensive when purchasing by other methods. I got many dozens of nicely toned coins from plastic wrappers that looked undamaged to me and that appeared to be well taken care of.

Since I could only afford one or two sets at a time, I didn't buy all that many. But I had dozens of sets to choose from with toning that looks to me to be just like the orange Franklin shown above.

Not all were orange. Maybe 8-12 were orange. But all different colors even brown.

Nice collection for sure!

to the Community, Matt Proof!

Matt Proof — really like seeing so many reds and oranges in one place. Brings back memories of digging through proof sets. I have a feeling I'll be back looking through proof sets on my next day off to try to get more haha. If I end up doing this eventually, I'll post pics here.

Interesting I'm going to have to check my 61 sets now haven't looked at them in ages.

Excellent, canyonmule!

I love it!