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My Proof Franks - together for the first time!

ShaunBC5ShaunBC5 Posts: 1,726 ✭✭✭✭✭

Pulled out all my proof Franklins today and put them together for the first time. I got the 1950 last week and that wrapped up the set.
Now I can figure out a better display option and/or start upgrading, but I’m pumped to have completed what I started as a teenager and added to every now and then through college and marriage and kids and other distractions :)
Forgive the phone pics on my floor.

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  • csdotcsdot Posts: 693 ✭✭✭✭

    Weird to think that if Kennedy hadn't been assassinated, we would likely still have Franklin halves today.

    We still have Lincoln cents (1909 - present).
    We still have Jefferson nickels (1938 - present).
    We still have Roosevelt dimes (1946 - present).
    We still have Washington quarters (1932 - present).

  • LongarmLongarm Posts: 89 ✭✭

    Nice collection, I like that 1956 type 1.

  • ShaunBC5ShaunBC5 Posts: 1,726 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I was thinking about the short run just yesterday. Wasn’t the Washington quarter just supposed to be a 1yr commemoration run? I guess it goes both ways.
    We definitely would have gotten a full 2yr run out of Ben.
    @Longarm thanks! I lucked out on that one. Bought it before I knew there were two types. Cherry picked without knowing. Type I Rev was added once I figured it out.
    After I took the pic I remembered that some of my other sets that are in mint packaging have nicer coins (59, 61, maybe another 1 or 2). Probably would make the pics even worse, though. You get the idea :smiley:

  • SkyManSkyMan Posts: 9,493 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Nice looking group, Congratulations!

  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @ShaunBC5 .... Very nice set and congratulations on completing it... in proof no less. Cheers, RickO

  • DRUNNERDRUNNER Posts: 3,844 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Nice set !!!!!!

    Drunner

  • TomBTomB Posts: 21,222 ✭✭✭✭✭

    It's a terrific series to collect. You may want to image them and put them together in a virtual album to enjoy them electronically.

    Thomas Bush Numismatics & Numismatic Photography

    In honor of the memory of Cpl. Michael E. Thompson

    image
  • ShaunBC5ShaunBC5 Posts: 1,726 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I saw the gold collection in another thread that had been photoshopped into a Capital Plastic. That was really neat and I think my wife is about to learn some photo editing. I’ll have to look into all my options. Right now there’s not a good way to have them together physically.

  • LongarmLongarm Posts: 89 ✭✭

    Too bad they don't have a capital holder that would fit all of them, I have the one for the proof dimes.

  • ShaunBC5ShaunBC5 Posts: 1,726 ✭✭✭✭✭

    that's a really nice looking set and display. A plastic with a spot for every year and both '56 reverses would be awesome. I probably wouldn't crack out my slabs to put them in there, but I'd photoshop for sure!

  • ChrisH821ChrisH821 Posts: 6,493 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I am a fan of Proof Franklins and have a mixed set as well. It's a fun set to make and only the early ones are expensive unless you are chasing CAM and/or DCAM.

    Collector, occasional seller

  • JimnightJimnight Posts: 10,846 ✭✭✭✭✭

    You put together a nice set of proofs.

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