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In the 1970s and 1980s, Franklin Mint expanded operations to legal tender coins, producing a combination of bullion and non-bullion proof and uncirculated coin sets of both small and large denominations for a number of countries, particularly Panama and various island states. One of its best numismatic sellers was the "Coin Sets of all Nations ...
Mint mark on obverse, 1916–1917 (Silver) Year Mint Mintage [43] Comments 1916 (P) 608,000 S 508,000 D 1,014,400 1917 (P) 0 Philadelphia half dollars do not show a mint mark; for mintage, see Type 2 immediately below. S 952,000 D 765,400
But a 20th century director of the U.S. Mint was a Franklin admirer and lobbied to have him on the 50-cent coin. ... 13 Franklin Half Dollars That Have Values From $14K to Nearly $130K. Show comments.
The Franklin half dollar was struck in relatively small numbers in its first years, [9] as there was limited demand due to a glut of Walking Liberty halves. No half dollars were struck at Denver in 1955 and 1956 due to a lack of demand for additional pieces. [20] The San Francisco Mint closed in 1955; it did not reopen until 1965. [21]
In the following years, Franklin Mint produced more than 600 different issues of motorcycles, trucks and tractors besides automobiles. [1] [2] Marketing of all vehicles was almost exclusively through mail order catalogs. Vehicles - often called 'Franklin Mint Precision Models' - usually cost between $75 and $150 and were meant as adult ...
Delayed until the end of World War II, the Red Book was published in 1946, providing collectors even more historical information as well as retail values (prices collectors could expect to pay coin dealers to buy coins) instead of wholesale values. R. S. Yeoman served as editor of the Red Book and Blue Book until he retired in 1970.
Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects Wikidata item; Appearance. ... Mint Mintage [1] [2] Comments 2008 P 244,200,000 D 244,400,000 S 2,078,112 Proof S
The Mint's economic models estimated the program would earn the government between $2.6 billion and $5.1 billion in additional seignorage and $110 million in additional numismatic profits. Diehl and Castle used these profit projections to urge the Treasury's support, but Treasury officials found the projections to lack credibility (at the ...