Buying Franklin Mint Coins

Good To Know: Buying Franklin Mint Coins

You've probably seen the ads on TV, the internet, and in magazines for Franklin Mint coins. The Franklin Mint is highly respected and sells a variety of collectibles, including:

* Painted coins
* Coin sets and coin collections
* Coin jewelry
* Graded and slabbed United States coins
* Old, authentic legal tender coins and banknotes
* Gift sets

While many Franklin Mint coins and products are beautiful offerings that can be pretty hard for some to resist buying, here are a few things you should consider before buying Franklin Mint coins and novelty coins in general:

• The Franklin Mint does not strike official, legal tender coins.
• While the Franklin Mint does sell many, many authentic, unaltered, legal tender coins, it also sells many novelty coins.
• Novelty coins include those which are not legal tender, have been painted, or may have otherwise been altered.
• Don't buy novelty coins with the expectation of them being significant investments.
• Coin inset into jewelry or otherwise altered lose most if not all their value as numismatic collectibles and investments.

Franklin Mint Coins