Here are the Franklins from the 1955 Mint Set I bought last summer. The first one will go in my B Franklin toner Dansco, and the second one will go in my A Franklin toner Dansco. The images are by Bob Campbell, and I think he did an excellent job.
Thank you Anthony! BTW, being a Newbie, I'm going to give you a little information about Franklins and Mint Sets. Franklins were made from 1948 - 1963. During that period, except for 1950, they were put into Mint Sets. A Mint Set contains two examples (showing one obverse and one reverse) of every coin made that year at that given Mint. During the 1948 - 1958 period (actually starting in 1947 when the half dollars were Walking Libertys), the Mint Sets were made out of paper and cardboard. Each Mint that produced coins during that year would put the coins into a cardboard "card" that had paper covering. For 1955 there were three cards, one each for the P, D and S Mints, with a grand total of 22 coins included. From 1959 - 1963 the Mint Sets were made out of plastic, which did not, for the most part, tone the coins. The 1948 - 1958 paper and cardboard Mint Sets (because of their sulfur content) oftentimes toned the coins. Generally the toning is blah to ugly. In some cases the toning is spectacularly pretty. GENERALLY the earlier Mint Sets, e.g. 1948 - 1953, did not tone the coins as attractively as the later Mint Sets, e.g. 1956 - 1958. One thing that is noticeable is that for whatever reason, the latter P Mint coins (if they toned attractively) tended to get blue toning, while the D Mint coins (again, if they toned attractively) tended to get red and green toning. In the above two coins, you can see the classic blue toning of P Mint Set coins. I hope you enjoy the boards. You can learn a LOT on them and make long term friends. Even more important, I hope you have FUN collecting the coins that float your boat!!!
Sky what is the best place to go for mint sets? E-Bay? Or Amazon? Need a little directional assistance. LOL
Have you tried the CT B/S/T forum? "WTB: 19xx silver mint set" Specify if you want high grade coins, toners, a special year/box/type etc...
Well I'm a bit challenged at the abbreviations CT I know is CoinTalk but B/S/T "WTB:19xx that's stumping me. Can you be a little more specific until I get with the jargon? Thanks
With regards to finding Mint Sets, they can have some great coins in them, they can have some crappy coins in them. IMO, given how relatively expensive they've become over the last 5 years, the best thing to do is look at them in hand either at a B&M (brick & mortar... e.g. a coin shop) or at a coin show. B/S/T stands for Buy/Sell/Trade. WTB stands for "want to buy". WTT stands for "want to trade". Most of the major coin boards, such as CT, PCGS and NGC will have some section devoted to selling coins. On CT the link is down at the bottom of the CT Forums page and is called, "For Sale".
