My thanks to Winesteven for selling me this frosty Franklin.

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SanctionII
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It upgrades my current best (a PF68CAM).

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  • Morgan13
    Morgan13 Posts: 2,697 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    That is a beauty. You must be pretty happy to have it in your collection.

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  • oih82w8
    oih82w8 Posts: 13,212 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Brrrr...that's a chilly one. Nice!

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  • ShaunBC5
    ShaunBC5 Posts: 1,974 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    That’s really a great one. The only set I’ve actually completed (or really tried to) is proof Franklins. Love it!

  • stawick
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    Nice. B)
    I said this before, I wish they'd resume the Franklin halves and switch JFK to the $100.
    2027 is the opportunity.

  • TPring
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  • SanctionII
    SanctionII Posts: 13,190 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    For multiple reasons (some obscure) I do like frosty proof Franklins.

    Attractiveness - They can have off the charts eye appeal (the contrast between fields and device, whether toned or untoned).

    Nostalgia - I remember my dad ordering proof sets from the mint in the early 1960's and seeing proof Franklins (with me seeing Franklins in daily commerce)

    Still cherrypickable - Minted from 1950-1963 (14 years) in mintages of just over 50,000 (1950) to over 3,000,000 (1961, 1962 and 1963), even today (63 years after the last Proof Franklin was made in 1963) there are still large numbers of raw proof Franklins still present in the hands of non collectors, collectors and dealers (including some that have never been searched through). Thus there is still the opportunity for some to search for and find raw proof Franklins that have the qualities that Winesteven's 1961 PF68DCAM CAC has.

  • Franklin_Fan
    Franklin_Fan Posts: 104 ✭✭✭
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    Here are a couple I just picked up for my newly started OGH collection.



  • sparky64
    sparky64 Posts: 7,065 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    That is a beauty, congrats!
    Nice that it stayed in the 'family'.

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  • Acarroll
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    @stawick said:
    Nice. B)
    I said this before, I wish they'd resume the Franklin halves and switch JFK to the $100.
    2027 is the opportunity.

    I'm not sure they should put JFK on a federal reserve note

  • PutTogether
    PutTogether Posts: 2,157 ✭✭✭
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    @Acarroll said:

    @stawick said:
    Nice. B)
    I said this before, I wish they'd resume the Franklin halves and switch JFK to the $100.
    2027 is the opportunity.

    I'm not sure they should put JFK on a federal reserve note

    Haha, maybe bring back Silver Certificates?

  • lordmarcovan
    lordmarcovan Posts: 45,338 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    I'd take a @winesteven castoff any day!

    (IF I could afford it...)

    Collector since 1976. On the CU forums here since 2001.

  • LeeBone
    LeeBone Posts: 4,892 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    That's a beauty of a coin!
    Nothing less to be expected coming from @winesteven collection. He has some remarkable coins B) .

  • SanctionII
    SanctionII Posts: 13,190 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    The number of Likes to my opening post in this thread is now 40.

    I never thought that this thread would be so widely viewed and responded to in the manner that it has.

    My thanks to all who have read and Liked this thread. :)

  • lermish
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    @SanctionII said:
    The number of Likes to my opening post in this thread is now 40.

    I never thought that this thread would be so widely viewed and responded to in the manner that it has.

    My thanks to all who have read and Liked this thread. :)

    The number should be much lower but there isn't a Love button to click, so it has to be only a Like. Sorry :/

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