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Message:: [QUOTE="Skyman, post: 2435849, member: 28299"]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!!![/QUOTE]

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