1955 Bugs Bunny Franklin

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For those of you who have never seen a Bugs Bunny Franklin. Here is one. Due to a die clash, past of the image of the wing wound up on Franklins' lips, making it look like he has buck teeth.

MadMarty

What up Pug???

mrearlygold

I've been meaning to ask, is that a Monte Cristo Frank?

Rgrds
TP

razorface1027

Frank,
Did that occur with just the 55's or other dates too?

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Hey Thomas:

Though only a quirky die clash, Bugs Bunny Franklins have been popular since B. Max Mehl (Coinguy1's uncle bytheway ) promoted them in the 50's. Since then, versions of this die clash have been discovered in 1951P and 1954P issues. Though they don't bring much of a premium, they're always a neat thing to have in your Frankie collection. This is the second '55 in my collection, I also have a '51. I have seen a '54 but didn't pull the trigger on it when I should've and it got away - Hopefully I'll run into another one one of these days.

Frank


Tom - Studly Pugs only smoke Monte Cristo's

Shamika

What sort of premium do these bring?

razorface1027

Thanks Frank. I purchased a set of Frankies from Sarasotafrank. I was just looking at them and found that my 55 is a BB variety...Ben appears to have 2 fangs

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Shamika:

Generally if we're talking MS64 or below, there's really not much of a premium. In higher grades, MS65FBL and above, you might see a $20-30 premium, but generally it's the quality of the coin that carries the premium, along with what interest a given collector might have in the piece. I did seem to recall somewhere that the record for an MS66FBL Bugs Bunny was around $700-800, but I can't recall where I read it.

Frank

poptopsRus

They are actually fairly common but they are also loved by Frankie collectors.

Shamika

Frank,

The record is stated in Tomaska's book.

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Thanks Chris!

razorface1027

Frank;
I just found a 54 sitting in my book. It only appears to have 1 fang not 2. It's weaker than the 55

mrearlygold

I want one! Nice one. I'll put a post up on the buying/selling area.

Rgrds
TP