If you had to choose one or the other to collect, which would you choose, would you choose the Seated Liberty Half or the Franklin Half?
I like Franklin as a person, but I prefer the seated liberty half. All of those coins with the eagle on the back I find hard to resist.
I have to vote for seated halves, they were my specialty in US collecting, (well as much as my ADD collecting habits allow). I have to admit, I wish I would have bought a BU Franklin set when I had the chance. I love the man, the design is not bad, its just they were all "junk silver" when I was buying my silver, and I never got around to buying a BU set of them.
Franklins are so much easier to come by, so I am going to go with seated liberties. I just adore the design on them.
I like the Liberty Bell reverse on the Franklin cause its different, but overall, the seated is a much better-looking coin so I'll vote for that. Also, we know gbroke will be voting for his buddy Frankie so I'll even it out a bit.
Franklin because he's cool and because the coin is nice. Picking on my focuses right now lonegunlawyer?
I have a set or two of Franklins, wish I had all the proofs, so I would prefer to have all the proofs and continue with Franklins that way but there are a few seated halves I wouldn't turn down.
Not even a question for me.. Seated all the way! A really nice XF or AU, No Stars or Arrow and Rays is as good as it gets.
Don't get me wrong, I like ole frankie...but I like a challenge when I collect coins. There is no challenge in Franklins.