Superbly detailed designs coupled with Proof quality minting produced some works of art that could truly be considered museum or heirloom quality. During its heyday of the 1970's, the Franklin Mint had many distinguished artists and sculptors creating the designs for the art medals, including notably Gilroy Roberts, former chief designer for the United States Mint. Many of the sets were minted in several sizes and in several metals, including most commonly in bronze, sterling silver, and gold-plated sterling silver, and rarely in pure gold or platinum. Typically, the Franklin Mint provided attractive packaging for the complete sets, ranging from picture frame type mounting to bookshelf albums to wooden display cases to elaborate multi-drawer chests for some of the larger sets. Most were sold by direct subscription with one or two new medals issued per month over a period of months or years. In the mid-1960's, the Franklin Mint popularized a new class of collectible - coins, art medals, and ingots minted in precious metals (silver, gold, and platinum) and marketed for both their artistic content and intrinsic worth. If you have general questions about Franklin Mint sets that we may be able to help with, or questions about buying or selling, you can contact us through the Contact page. We also purchase such sets through this website for a quick and easy price quote on items you are interested in selling, see the Sell page. Many of these items are exceedingly rare and are not available anywhere else. The Buy and Sell pages provide a marketplace for these sets - check it out! We have a large inventory of these sets for sale that were acquired over the years from various sources including coin shows, coin shops, Ebay, private transactions, and this website. There’s a lot of information here – see the Sitemap for a birds-eye view! The Other Items page describes some non-medallic Franklin Mint items such as silver sculptures that may also be of interest to both bullion investors and collectors. The Other Mints page has similar information about selected sets from the Danbury Mint, Lincoln Mint, and Hamilton Mint.
The Medals, Ingots, and Coins pages then list many of the individual Franklin Mint sets, and have links to individual pages that describe each set, with mintage information, original prices, pictures, and my comments on the set. The introductory pages of this site contain General information about Franklin Mint sets, silver and gold Weights, and Cleaning Tips. If you are looking for The Franklin Mint Store, please visit Site Usage NOTE: This website is about vintage Franklin Mint products, but WE ARE NOT AFFILIATED WITH THE FRANKLIN MINT. This site contains detailed information about Franklin Mint silver and gold collectible art medals, ingots, and coins, including descriptions, precious metal content, care and cleaning tips, pictures of many of the sets, and an online marketplace to buy and sell these sets. Welcome to Franklin Mint ! Your source for information, buying, and selling vintage Franklin Mint silver medals, ingots, and coins!
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