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<p>[QUOTE="Clawcoins, post: 3666259, member: 77814"]The Franklin Mint is a business. no association to the US Mint a government operation.</p><p>They do not make US Coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Franklin Mint makes metal round things (aka coin shaped things), model cars, trains, jewelry, figurines, board games, china, porcelain stuff, etc. They also resell US Currency by adding their "value added" stuff to it, which doesn't actually add value to the base product (all Franklin Mint marketing costs you are paying for; normally called Flipping).</p><p><a href="https://www.franklinmint.com/store/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.franklinmint.com/store/" rel="nofollow">https://www.franklinmint.com/store/</a></p><p>McDonald's also makes Collectible and rare happy meal toys. Remember the rare and collectible Beanie Babies? Anyone can put the tag "Collector" on about anything.</p><p><br /></p><p>Since they are a business they are not going to make a ton of them if there is no demand. Thus the low production. They then move on and try to create the next, new "collectible" thing .. just like anything else where marketing is key.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you peruse eBay you can find similar "Franklin Mint collectable sets" that are selling for basically silver melt price $775 BIN for 50 coin set ==> <a href="https://www.ebay.com/i/282464191912?chn=ps&norover=1&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-117182-37290-0&mkcid=2&itemid=282464191912&targetid=596465813708&device=c&mktype=pla&googleloc=9016788&poi=21137&campaignid=1689407486&mkgroupid=74365778148&rlsatarget=pla-596465813708&abcId=1140476&merchantid=114608729&gclid=Cj0KCQjwho7rBRDxARIsAJ5nhFqlr0GzFbFDNHo2RjrcfC5f1a9Fohms8IJSHUG_vd6UnefUu1cTgbIaAmnvEALw_wcB" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.ebay.com/i/282464191912?chn=ps&norover=1&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-117182-37290-0&mkcid=2&itemid=282464191912&targetid=596465813708&device=c&mktype=pla&googleloc=9016788&poi=21137&campaignid=1689407486&mkgroupid=74365778148&rlsatarget=pla-596465813708&abcId=1140476&merchantid=114608729&gclid=Cj0KCQjwho7rBRDxARIsAJ5nhFqlr0GzFbFDNHo2RjrcfC5f1a9Fohms8IJSHUG_vd6UnefUu1cTgbIaAmnvEALw_wcB" rel="nofollow">https://www.ebay.com/i/282464191912?chn=ps&norover=1&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-117182-37290-0&mkcid=2&itemid=282464191912&targetid=596465813708&device=c&mktype=pla&googleloc=9016788&poi=21137&campaignid=1689407486&mkgroupid=74365778148&rlsatarget=pla-596465813708&abcId=1140476&merchantid=114608729&gclid=Cj0KCQjwho7rBRDxARIsAJ5nhFqlr0GzFbFDNHo2RjrcfC5f1a9Fohms8IJSHUG_vd6UnefUu1cTgbIaAmnvEALw_wcB</a></p><p><br /></p><p>When you buy directly from the Franklin Mint you are buying their Marketing speil, original manufacturing costs (engineering, design, etc), salaries, etc. In the secondary/used market you lose all that overhead valuation. At that point to retain "value" you have to find someone else who "values" it above the base metal and wants to pay for it. If they don't do their research you're better off. If they venture off to ebay, etc for comparison shopping they'll see the value is essentially the metal value.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you can find someone who thinks it is "rare & valuable" then quickly sell it to them.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Clawcoins, post: 3666259, member: 77814"]The Franklin Mint is a business. no association to the US Mint a government operation. They do not make US Coins. The Franklin Mint makes metal round things (aka coin shaped things), model cars, trains, jewelry, figurines, board games, china, porcelain stuff, etc. They also resell US Currency by adding their "value added" stuff to it, which doesn't actually add value to the base product (all Franklin Mint marketing costs you are paying for; normally called Flipping). [URL]https://www.franklinmint.com/store/[/URL] McDonald's also makes Collectible and rare happy meal toys. Remember the rare and collectible Beanie Babies? Anyone can put the tag "Collector" on about anything. Since they are a business they are not going to make a ton of them if there is no demand. Thus the low production. They then move on and try to create the next, new "collectible" thing .. just like anything else where marketing is key. If you peruse eBay you can find similar "Franklin Mint collectable sets" that are selling for basically silver melt price $775 BIN for 50 coin set ==> [URL]https://www.ebay.com/i/282464191912?chn=ps&norover=1&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-117182-37290-0&mkcid=2&itemid=282464191912&targetid=596465813708&device=c&mktype=pla&googleloc=9016788&poi=21137&campaignid=1689407486&mkgroupid=74365778148&rlsatarget=pla-596465813708&abcId=1140476&merchantid=114608729&gclid=Cj0KCQjwho7rBRDxARIsAJ5nhFqlr0GzFbFDNHo2RjrcfC5f1a9Fohms8IJSHUG_vd6UnefUu1cTgbIaAmnvEALw_wcB[/URL] When you buy directly from the Franklin Mint you are buying their Marketing speil, original manufacturing costs (engineering, design, etc), salaries, etc. In the secondary/used market you lose all that overhead valuation. At that point to retain "value" you have to find someone else who "values" it above the base metal and wants to pay for it. If they don't do their research you're better off. If they venture off to ebay, etc for comparison shopping they'll see the value is essentially the metal value. If you can find someone who thinks it is "rare & valuable" then quickly sell it to them.[/QUOTE]
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