Talk:Franklin Mint

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[edit] What about coins?

Maybe I'm wrong here, but didn't some small countries contract with the Franklin Mint for their circulating coins? A2Kafir 21:47, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

Yes, Franklin Mint struck coins for some 20 different nations. Some of these coins were used for actual circulation while other were for collectors. After about 1982, all of Franklin Mint's coins of the realm were minted strictly for collectors. The last of such sets were struck for the British Virgin Islands in 2001. These were "World's Great Sailing Ships," "Great Art Masterpieces," & "The Legendary Pirates."

Nobody wanted these coins, and most sets had minteges of less than a thousand. I got a Belize quarter with a mintage of eight hundred something for a price of five bucks. Ericl 18:01, 1 January 2007 (UTC)