Franklin Mint Presidents - Melt Or Sell?

Thanks for the response. I may try to sell them on ebay as soon as I learn a little more. I never bought or sold on ebay.

EdP

>That looks like an electrical contact burn<
Can't imagine how that could happen.

Four other medals have virtually identical marks, but poor Woodrow got it bad.

I don't know.
A member of my family subscribed to the mailings when they were released in 1970. I didn't even know he and his wife had them.

So what's the deal with Franklin Mint stuff? Their die work really is quite well done, but their choice of themes is smarmy and the way they do their marketing is creepy. They actually approached me at one point to design something for them... flew me to headquarters, picked me up in a limo. But when it came down to the nitty gritty they would pay me for the master prototype, but no royalties whatsoever. Why would I even THINK about doing that? And I don't think they publish mintages.

They design and market 'collectibles' to people who don't know anything about collectibles. It's really unfortunate because some folks who might otherwise have enjoyed our hobby have been so abused by the Franklin Mint sales people that they will never look at a coin again.

AND... it's weird to specify weight in grains! Forcing people to do arithmetic just to figure out what they bought. So at 480 grains/ troy oz. That's 1.042 troy oz of sterling, so multiply by .925 = 0.96 troy oz of silver.