Greetings From A US Coin Collector

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vinceuher
vinceuher Posts: 10 ✭✭
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Hello All, I'm new to the forums and thought I'd introduce myself. My name is Vincent and I'm from Scranton PA. I've been collecting US coins since I was a young teenager. My interest lays with US coins. I'm currently working on obtaining a full Franklin Half Collection (uncirculated or better). I look forward to sharing with everyone here and learning.

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  • asheland
    asheland Posts: 24,545 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Welcome to the forums! :)

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  • Jzyskowski1
    Jzyskowski1 Posts: 6,650 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Welcome. Would you care to post a favorite picture of a Franklin 😊. ( this is a magical place I’ve seen threads just disappear 😂). Enjoy I’m sure you will like it here

    🎶 shout shout, let it all out 🎶

  • gumby1234
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    @vinceuher Welcome. Franklin halves are nice.

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  • vinceuher
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    @Jzyskowski1 said:
    Welcome. Would you care to post a favorite picture of a Franklin 😊. ( this is a magical place I’ve seen threads just disappear 😂). Enjoy I’m sure you will like it here

    I certainly will. :smile:

  • ifthevamzarockin
    ifthevamzarockin Posts: 8,915 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Welcome to the forum! :)

  • ricko
    ricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @vinceuher.... Welcome aboard. Franklin halves are nice coins... I have a set I put together years ago... nothing special, just raw, circulated halves. Cheers, RickO

  • asheland
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    I don’t have a picture, but my Doily slab happens to be a Franklin half.

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  • JJM
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    👋

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    Welcome!

  • Smudge
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    Welcome.

  • divecchia
    divecchia Posts: 6,715 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Welcome aboard. I don't have a Franklin in my US Type set, but I am looking forward to picking one up when I find one with the look I like. Feel free to post some photos of the ones you have.

    Donato

    Hobbyist & Collector (not an investor).
    Donato's Complete US Type Set ---- Donato's Dansco 7070 Modified Type Set ---- Donato's Basic U.S. Coin Design Set

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  • TurtleCat
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    Welcome and enjoy the show!

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  • ReadyFireAim
    ReadyFireAim Posts: 1,860 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited July 29, 2021 8:20AM
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    A lot of reasons to like Franklins. They're big & easy to see, they turn pretty colors & the man was very interesting.

    Welcome to the forum. :)

    My Saint Set

  • Russell12
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    Welcome. I used to live in the Poconos, now just south of Allentown. I just finished my Franklin set (circulated)! Do you get you coins locally or from the internet?

  • ColonelJessup
    ColonelJessup Posts: 6,442 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Frankies themselves I'm sorta meh about. But I "collect" enthusiasts. Welcome to the Forum.

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  • Sonorandesertrat
    Sonorandesertrat Posts: 5,695 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    CJ 'collects' enthusiasts? Rut-roh.
    Is he the Pied Piper, Michael Jackson, or Dracula? :D

    Member: EAC, NBS, C4, CWTS, ANA

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  • Eldorado9
    Eldorado9 Posts: 2,822 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Welcome Vince. I'm a Franklin fan too....Particularly love the cameo proofs!

  • vinceuher
    vinceuher Posts: 10 ✭✭
    edited July 29, 2021 9:11AM
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    @Russell12 said:
    Welcome. I used to live in the Poconos, now just south of Allentown. I just finished my Franklin set (circulated)! Do you get you coins locally or from the internet?

    There is a local coin dealer here in Scranton, Mace Coins, that I use, but I have purchased coins online.

  • marcmoish
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    I'm just here for your "like". :#:D

    P.S. Welcome! A bunch 'o good folks here.

  • ShaunBC5
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    Welcome, @vinceuher !
    My avatar’s my favorite Franklin (that I own). Finished my proof set last year with that coin. I’m pretty far into an uncirculated set (64FBL or higher, not all FBL) but haven’t focused on it much lately.

  • AuldFartte
    AuldFartte Posts: 4,597 ✭✭✭✭
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    Vincent! Enjoy!

    image

    My OmniCoin Collection
    My BankNoteBank Collection
    Tom, formerly in Albuquerque, NM.
  • SkyMan
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    Welcome aboard Vince!!!!

    This is a Great place to be a member of. If you have questions, ask them, and hopefully somebody will know the answer and post it.

    Franklins are a Great series. As you might guess by my avatar, I like them a LOT. If you have any questions on them feel free to PM me and I'll be happy to answer if I know the answer. Currently I've got one high grade slabbed toned business strike set, one high grade slabbed cameo proof set and three raw Dansco sets... (you'll find a lot of collectors on these boards have a "touch" of OCD about the series they collect ;) ).

    Remember, the most important thing about coin collecting is to HAVE FUN!!!

    Toned Franklins

    U.S. Type Set
  • johnny9434
    johnny9434 Posts: 34,068 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    welcomw to the forums this is an awesome place to learn as well

  • Aotearoa
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    Welcome. Do you know the Dunder Mifflin crew?

    Smitten with DBLCs.

  • Mr_Spud
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    edited July 29, 2021 11:54AM
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    Welcome, I collect a little bit of everything. Here’s a picture of my current favorite Franklin for you 🌞

    Mr_Spud

  • lcutler
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    edited July 29, 2021 2:09PM
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    There are a few decent coin shows a year in Pittston. Scranton coin club, Wilkes Barre coin club and Wyoming Valley coin club hold them. Lots of dealers, check them out if you can.

  • coinlieutenant
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    Welcome to the forums!

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  • Sonorandesertrat
    Sonorandesertrat Posts: 5,695 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Welcome---fresh meat!
    Your 'care' package should arrive in about 1 month: spare undies, flak jacket, night vision goggles, straw plus spitballs, and a thick packet of incriminating posts from Forum members (this writer excluded).

    Member: EAC, NBS, C4, CWTS, ANA

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    CJ: 'No one!' [Ain't no angels in the coin biz]
  • earlyAurum
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    Welcome to the forum.

  • pmh1nic
    pmh1nic Posts: 3,503 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Welcome!

    The longer I live the more convincing proofs I see of this truth, that God governs in the affairs of men. And if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without His notice is it possible for an empire to rise without His aid? Benjamin Franklin
  • Jzyskowski1
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    My birth year and my only one. So far

    🎶 shout shout, let it all out 🎶

  • jesbroken
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    edited July 29, 2021 5:08PM
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    Welcome @vinceuher to the forum. Look forward to your posts. Hope you like other coins-pre 48 perhaps. Here's one @JoeyCoins gave me last week for a contest he had. Very nice coin.
    Jim


    Edited to add: Here are 2 of my birthyear Frankies.
    Jim



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  • SeatedToners
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    Welcome aboard!

  • koynekwest
    koynekwest Posts: 10,048 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited July 29, 2021 8:35PM
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    Well, welcome Vincent! This is a GOOD place!

  • BryceM
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    Welcome!

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  • kaz
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    welcome to the forum! I like Frankies too, generally with a little bit of color.

  • ChangeInHistory
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    Welcome, lots to learn and discuss here.

  • winesteven
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    @divecchia said:
    Welcome aboard. I don't have a Franklin in my US Type set, but I am looking forward to picking one up when I find one with the look I like. Feel free to post some photos of the ones you have.

    Donato

    Be careful when you do get one. In my Type Set, I have a nice Proof Franklin, but unfortunately on the reverse there’s a large distraction, some kind of scratch. It starts at the bottom of the middle of the bell, and moves upward, slightly to the left. It makes it look like the bell is cracked.

    (lol)

    A day without fine wine and working on your coin collection is like a day without sunshine!!!

    My collecting “Pride & Joy” is my PCGS Registry Dansco 7070 Set:
    https://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/type-sets/design-type-sets/complete-dansco-7070-modified-type-set-1796-date/publishedset/213996
  • Floridafacelifter
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    Welcome to the forum!

  • thebeav
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    Welcome to the forum !
    I've had some great strawberry pie in Scranton. It was at a restaurant called "Elby's", on Rt. 81.
    It may have been part of the 'Bob's Big Boy' chain.....
    Good luck with the Franklin's !

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  • CoinHoarder
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  • vinceuher
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    @SkyMan said:
    Welcome aboard Vince!!!!

    This is a Great place to be a member of. If you have questions, ask them, and hopefully somebody will know the answer and post it.

    Franklins are a Great series. As you might guess by my avatar, I like them a LOT. If you have any questions on them feel free to PM me and I'll be happy to answer if I know the answer. Currently I've got one high grade slabbed toned business strike set, one high grade slabbed cameo proof set and three raw Dansco sets... (you'll find a lot of collectors on these boards have a "touch" of OCD about the series they collect ;) ).

    Remember, the most important thing about coin collecting is to HAVE FUN!!!

    Thank you!

  • vinceuher
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    @Aotearoa said:
    Welcome. Do you know the Dunder Mifflin crew?

    LOL. I did meet most of the actors when they came to town. All really cool people!

  • Mgarmy
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  • astrorat
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    Welcome!

    Numismatist Ordinaire
    See http://www.doubledimes.com for a free online reference for US twenty-cent pieces
  • ElmerFusterpuck
    ElmerFusterpuck Posts: 4,908 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Welcome to the forum! Franklins are one of the first silver coin series I started on for the Whitman album. The nice thing about the Franklin set is that completion is within reason for almost any collector. There are no major showstoppers for that album and at the bare minimum you will have $17.50 face value of silver when completed!

    10-4,
    Erik
    My registry sets

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  • mark_dak
    mark_dak Posts: 1,161 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Welcome Vince,

    I thought I knew a lot about coins until I joined here. There are some extremely knowledgeable members on this board. You'll be amazed to find out what you didn't know you didn't know.

    Mark

  • mark_dak
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    @winesteven said:

    @divecchia said:
    Welcome aboard. I don't have a Franklin in my US Type set, but I am looking forward to picking one up when I find one with the look I like. Feel free to post some photos of the ones you have.

    Donato

    Be careful when you do get one. In my Type Set, I have a nice Proof Franklin, but unfortunately on the reverse there’s a large distraction, some kind of scratch. It starts at the bottom of the middle of the bell, and moves upward, slightly to the left. It makes it look like the bell is cracked.

    (lol)

    I had a crazy uncle that passed away a few years ago. On what would have been his 100th birthday a week or two ago I found out from my cousins he had all his grand kids believing he cracked the Liberty Bell!

    Mark

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