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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Prethen, post: 48240, member: 1756&quot;]<b>Early vs. Modern Proofs</b></p><p><br /></p><p>I happen to own the 1950-1963 proofs sets so I do have all the Proof Franklins, so I might sound a bit hypocritical when I say I can&#039;t get excited about Proof Franklins.&nbsp; They&#039;re simply too many of them in most, but the earliest, years.&nbsp; I strongly urge you to read up on as much as you can about the Early Proofs and you&#039;ll see that their prices are really not that bad.&nbsp; Instead of buying a few common modern coins, I&#039;d save up to purchase a nice PF64+ 1800&#039;s coin.&nbsp; Believe it or not, 3CN are pretty cheap and so are 2-Cent RB coins.&nbsp; Only buy slabbed Early Proofs (ICG, NGC, PCGS, ANACS) and buy what you find eye appealing.&nbsp; The mintages are commonly 1000 or less with many of the later copper and nickely mintages going into 3000 or so (the highest is about 6600 for 1883).&nbsp; Keep in mind, only about half of any given mintage survives, at the most (as a rule of thumb)![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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