Franklin Mint Coins

Although the Franklin Mint produced primarily medallic issues, they were also one of the world's largest and most prestigous private mints in the 1960's through 1980's, and produced mint, proof, and commemorative silver coin sets for many countries around the world. Typically, the mintage for these sets was quite large compared to the mintage for art medals and ingots, and consequently some of these coin sets are among the Franklin Mint items most commonly seen.

Click on a link below or to the left to view information about individual Franklin Mint coin sets. This is not a complete list of coin sets that the Franklin Mint ever made. I'm adding additional pages as time permits, so if you are looking for information on a particular set that is not yet here, please bookmark this site and check back.

Each of the individual pages also has my subjective ratings of the rarity of the set, from one to five stars, based on my 30 years of collecting experience with these sets and over 15 years regularly browsing Ebay auctions. Availability refers to generally how often I see the set offered for sale in any venue - coin shows, coin shops, Ebay auctions, etc.

Rarity Description (In relative terms. In absolute terms, ALL are rare)

Stars

More commonly seen. Available perhaps once every few months, or more often.

*

Somewhat rare. Available perhaps once in 6 months.

**

Rare. Available perhaps once a year.

***

Very rare. Available perhaps once every few years.

****

Extremely rare. I’ve only seen one or a few of these ever available.

*****