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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;mkwelbornjr, post: 1564188, member: 17034&quot;]Franklin Mint, in is previous iteration, is nothing like HSN.&nbsp; Franklin Mint produced 90% of its products in house and they were extremely well developed.&nbsp; The employed over 1000 artists and sculptors and ran their own factories in the USA and far east.&nbsp; HSN and other just take existing US coins and grade them or put them in a box.&nbsp; They do not develop and produce coins or medals.&nbsp; Franklin Mint&#039;s design and themes were outstanding.&nbsp; Some of those old medal sets sell well if complete and in good shape.&nbsp; The trick is to sell to collectors globally, not drop them off at the local coin shop.&nbsp; Even melt is far more than the issue price.&nbsp; The 1975 Bicentennial Ingots contained 750 grains of silver and sold for $19 by FM orginally.&nbsp; A steal for the quality.&nbsp; These founding fathers average out to $27 per medal.&nbsp; The margin is no different than what US Mint charges for boring special sets of presidential dollars etc.&nbsp; But even more important you buy these items because they are a nice product and fun to own...not for investment.&nbsp; The adveritising makes no mention of it being limited, or anyting other than a way to honor history.&nbsp; Plus the sculpting and design are much better than on most modern US commem coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now that most of the old FM products are long gone. Some do sell for a premium.&nbsp; Try&nbsp; to find a mint in box diecast model of the 1982 Corvette Collector&#039;s Edition in&nbsp; Beign for anywhere close to the $90 issue price.&nbsp; They sell in the $500 range.&nbsp;&nbsp; Certain products from FM have a cult following.&nbsp; There are groups devoted to&nbsp; them.&nbsp; Doll groups on Yahoo...diecast groups like <a href="http://www.diecast.org/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.diecast.org/" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: #284c7e">www.diecast.org</span></a>.&nbsp; So the generic statement&nbsp; about bad investent does not apply.&nbsp; Also with todays precious metal prices any&nbsp; old FM set with silver or gold in it is definitly selling way above issue price.&nbsp; In the 1970&#039;s FM charged about $19 for the average medal with 1.5 ounces of&nbsp; silver.&nbsp; Find any mint today that will charge that for a fully sculpted newly&nbsp; struck piece???[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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