Franklin Mint

FM Monogram : Mint-mark of Franklin Mint.

Antique Cars

Antique Cars

Beatrix 1980

Facts & Faces
Game

Geschiedenis
der Nederlanden

History
of the U.S.A.

Juliana
Tijdperk

Martinair

Mexico
1970

Official
Commemorative

Prinsen en
Prinsessen

Private Treasury

Provinces
Netherlands

Rugged American

Stamps

1968 - Shell's Famous Facts & Faces Game

Benjamin Franklin

Inscription  : BENJAMIN FRANKLIN - ©1968
               SHELL'S Famous Facts & Faces GAME
Diameter     : 25.9 mm
Material     : Aluminium
Mint         : Franklin Mint
Year         : 1968

Coins of this series :


Faces    
The star spangled banner - Written by Francis Scott Key x
Alexander Graham Bell -
Admiral Byrd's flight over the south pole x
Thomas A. Edison x
Albert Einstein x
Benjamin Franklin x
John Paul Jones x
Abraham Lincoln x
Paul Revere x
Mark Twain's Mississippi riverboat x
Booker T. Washington ·
George Washington x

1975 Official Commemorative Issue

Nobel Prizes

Inscription  : $ £ R ¥
               OFFICIAL COMMEMORATIVE ISSUE
               Honoring the Presentation of The Nobel Prizes December 10, 1975
               EMISSION COMMEMORATIVE OFFICIELLE
               En l'honneur de la remise des prix Nobel - Le 10 décembre 1975
Diameter     : 38.7 mm
Edge         : Milled with inscription : STERLING ©  76 P
Material     : Silver
Mint         : Franklin Mint
Orientation  : Medal Alignment 
Weight       : 19.7 gram 
Year         : 1975

Coins from this series:

700th Anniversary of Amsterdam February 26, 1975
150th Anniversary of the First Steam Passenger Train August 13, 1975
 - Railway Sesquicentennial 1825-1975 
50th Anniversary of Irish Currency of 1928 October 26, 1978
Presentation of the Nobel Prizes December 10, 1975

1966 - 1976 History of the United States

1914 Panama Canal

Inscription  : PANAMA CANAL OPENED TO COMMERCE * AUGUST 15, 1914 *
               1914 - The last known passenger pigeon dies in Cincinnati zoo;
               - APR.-NOV. - U.S.-Mexican dispute;
               - AUG. 4 - Proclamation of U.S. neutrality as World War I begins;
               - AUG. 15 - Panama Canal formally opened;
               - SEP. 26 - Federal Trade Commission created;
               - OCT. 15 - Clayton Anti-Trust Act passed.
Diameter     : 44.4 mm
Edge         : Plain with inscription : THE FRANKLIN MINT SOLID BRONZE ©  73
Material     : Bronze
Mint         : Franklin Mint
Orientation  : Medal Alignment 
Price        : $ 3.00
Weight       : 34.2 gram 
Year         : 1966-1977


Material Mintage Diameter Weight Price Year Issued
Bronze 24836 44 mm 35   gram $ 3.00 1966-1977
Silver .999 5128 13 mm 1.5 gram $ 2.50 1976-1977
Silver .999 10000 45 mm 36   gram $ 9.95 1966-1977
Gold 24kt 63 13 mm 1.5 gram $ 25.00 1976-1977

Material	Mintage	Diameter	Weight	Price	Year Issued
Bronze	24836	44 mm	35 gram	$ 3.00	1966-1977
Silver .999	5128	13 mm	1.5 gram	$ 2.50	1976-1977
Silver .999	10000	45 mm	36 gram	$ 9.95	1966-1977
Gold 24kt	63	13 mm	1.5 gram	$ 25.00	1976-1977

This series consists of 200 medals: one for every year.


Year Description Edge inscription    
- © 73 74 75 76
1787 The constitution approved x    
        x
1795 Pinckney's treaty opens Mississippi commerce x    
        x
1801 Election of Jefferson decided by congress x    
        x
1807 Fulton's "Clermont" proves successful x    
        x
1815 Jackson repels British at New Orleans x    
        x
1818 Northern boundary set at 49th parallel      
        ·
1855 Year of engineering feats x    
        x
1870 15th Amendment guarantees right to vote x    
        x
1871 Chicago laid waste by fire x    
        x
1876 Telephone demonstrated at the centennial x    
        x
1880 Farmers alliance organized to aid farmers      
        ·
1908 U.S. navy world cruise   x x
x       x
1914 Panama Canal opened to commerce   x x
x       x
1918 American expeditionary forces in Europe   x x
  x     x
1938 Men from Mars invasion scare   x x
  x     x
1940 First U.S. peacetime draft   x x
  x     x
1941 Japanese attack Pearl Harbor      
         
1949 U.S. and western Europe sign defense pact   x x
    x   x
1951 General MacArthur gives farewell address   x x
    x   x
1953 Hew reflects America's social consciousness   x x
    x   x
1954 Supreme Court desegregate schools      
        ·
1975 America's bicentennial: a rededication   x x
      x x

- : dash between 'the franklin mint' and 'solid bronze'

1977 De Geschiedenis der Nederlanden

De Eerste Terpen

Inscription  : DE EERSTE TERPEN - CA. 300 V. CHR.
               DE GESCHIEDENIS DER NEDERLANDEN
                Lang voor de komst van de Romeinen vestigen zich in de noordelijke 
                kuststreken de Friezen. De door henzelf opgeworpen hoogten, terpen
                genaamd, die bescherming bieden tegen het rijzende water, zijn te
                beschouwen als onze eerste waterstaatkundige werken.
Diameter     : 38.5 mm
Edge         : Plain with inscription : ZILVER 925/1000 © FMNT 77 P 
Material     : Silver .925
Mint         : Franklin Mint
Orientation  : Medal Alignment
Weight       : 20.4 gram
Year         : 1977

Coins of this series:

De prehistorische nederzettingen ca. 2800 v. chr.
De eerste terpen ca. 300 v. chr.
De Romeinse tijd begint 57 v. chr.
De Batavieren komen onder Civilis in opstand 69 na chr.
De Frankische koning Dagobert sticht de St. Maartenskerk 630
De Evangelieprediker Willibrord landt te Katwijk 690
Karel Martel verslaat de Friezen bij de Boorne 734
Bonifatius wordt bij Dokkum vermoord 754
Karel de Grote wordt tot keizer gekroond 800
De Noormannen plunderen Dorestad 863
Holland wordt een Graafschap 922
Dirk VI onderwerpt zich aan de bisschop van Utrecht 1146
Graaf Willem I verovert Damiate 1219
Holland begint een polderland te worden 1226
De opkomst der Hanzesteden ca. 1250
De slag bij Woeringen 1288
De moord op Floris V 1296
De vrijheidsstrijd der Friezen 1345
De ontwikkeling van het haringkaken ca. 1400
De hoekse en kabeljauwse twisten 1417
Jacoba van Beieren gevangen 1425
De orde van het gulden vlies 1430
Thomas A Kempis ca. 1380-1471
Holland in oorlog met de Hanze 1438-1441
De opstand van het kaas en broodvolk 1491-1492
Jan de Bakker, een van de eerste protestantse martelaren 1525
Desiderius Erasmus 1469-1536
Opstand van de wederdopers 1535
Opkomst van het Calvinisme ca. 1550
Smeekschrift der edelen 1566
Karel V doet afstand van de regering over de Nederlanden 1555
De beeldenstorm 1566
De komst van de hertog van Alva 1567
De terechtstelling van Egmond en Horne 1568
Prins Willem van Oranje trekt met zijn troepen over de Maas 1568
De watergeuzen nemen den Briel 1572
Prins Willem van Oranje als stadhouder erkend 1572
Het beleg van Haarlem 1572-1573
De slag op de Zuiderzee 1573
Het ontzet van Leiden 1574
De stichting van de universiteit van Leiden 1575
De pacificatie van Gent 1576
De unie van Utrecht 1579
Het plakkaat van Verlatinge 1581
De moord op Willem van Oranje 1584
De overrompeling van Breda 1590
Het drievoudig verbond 1596
De eerste schepen arriveren in Oost-Indië 1596
Prins Maurits verslaat de Spaanse troepen bij Turnhout 1597
De overwintering op Nova Zembla 1596-1597

Prinsen en Prinsessen

Prins Bernhard

Inscription  : 
               Prins BERNHARD * 25 december 1969 * EEKHOORN
Diameter     : 31.9 mm
Edge         : Plain with inscription : 24 KT GOUD OP 925/1000 ZILVER © fm 81 P ¹)
Material     : Gold plated Silver .925
Mint         : Franklin Mint
Orientation  : Medal Alignment
Weight       : 12.8 gram
Year         : 1981

Coins of this series:

Bernardo Guillermo 17 juni 1977 parkiet
Nicolas 6 juli 1979 schildpad
Prins Bernhard 25 december 1969 eekhoorn
Prins Carlos 27 januari 1970 pony
Prins Constantijn 11 oktober 1969 aapje
Prins Floris 10 april 1975 keeshond
Prins Friso 25 september 1968 hert
Prins Jaime 13 oktober 1972 eend
Prins Maurits 17 april 1968 leeuwewelp
Prins Pieter Christiaan 22 maart 1972 konijn
Prinses Margarita 13 oktober 1972 duif
Prinses Maria Carolina 28 juni 1974 lam

¹) Some coins have date 82

Rugged American

Inscription  : BUFFALO BILL CODY - © FM - ES
               © FM
Diameter     : 26.1 mm
Distribution : Husky Oil
Edge         : Milled
Material     : Bronze
Mint         : Franklin Mint
Mint-mark    : FM
Orientation  : Medal Alignment
Weight       : 6.4 gram
Year         : 1970 / 1971

These tokens could be collected by buying gasoline from Husky Oil stations. The tokens of this series could be collected in a card.

Tokens of this series:


Obverse
 Reverse    
Bat Masterson
   x
Black Hawk
    
Buffalo Bill Cody
   x
Chief Joseph
 The Nez Percés Tribe x
Crazy Horse
    
Geronimo
    
Kit Carson
    
Meriwether Lewis
   x
Sacajawea
 The Shoshone Tribe x
Sitting Bull
 The Sioux Tribe x
Wild Bill Hickok
 Marshal Abilene x
William Clark
    
Wyatt Earp

Links

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Guidebook of Franklin Mint Issues, 1982 Edition, door Chester L. Krause.

Antique Cars	Antique Cars	Beatrix 1980	Facts & Faces Game

Geschiedenis der Nederlanden	History of the U.S.A.	Juliana Tijdperk	Martinair

Mexico 1970	Official Commemorative	Prinsen en Prinsessen	Private Treasury

Provinces Netherlands	Rugged American		Stamps

Faces
The star spangled banner - Written by Francis Scott Key	x
Alexander Graham Bell	-
Admiral Byrd's flight over the south pole	x
Thomas A. Edison	x
Albert Einstein	x
Benjamin Franklin	x
John Paul Jones	x
Abraham Lincoln	x
Paul Revere	x
Mark Twain's Mississippi riverboat	x
Booker T. Washington	·
George Washington	x

Year	Description	Edge inscription
Year	Description	-	©		73	74	75	76
1787	The constitution approved	x							x
1795	Pinckney's treaty opens Mississippi commerce	x							x
1801	Election of Jefferson decided by congress	x							x
1807	Fulton's "Clermont" proves successful	x							x
1815	Jackson repels British at New Orleans	x							x
1818	Northern boundary set at 49th parallel								·
1855	Year of engineering feats	x							x
1870	15th Amendment guarantees right to vote	x							x
1871	Chicago laid waste by fire	x							x
1876	Telephone demonstrated at the centennial	x							x
1880	Farmers alliance organized to aid farmers								·
1908	U.S. navy world cruise		x	x	x				x
1914	Panama Canal opened to commerce		x	x	x				x
1918	American expeditionary forces in Europe		x	x		x			x
1938	Men from Mars invasion scare		x	x		x			x
1940	First U.S. peacetime draft		x	x		x			x
1941	Japanese attack Pearl Harbor
1949	U.S. and western Europe sign defense pact		x	x			x		x
1951	General MacArthur gives farewell address		x	x			x		x
1953	Hew reflects America's social consciousness		x	x			x		x
1954	Supreme Court desegregate schools								·
1975	America's bicentennial: a rededication		x	x				x	x

Obverse	Reverse
Bat Masterson		x
Black Hawk
Buffalo Bill Cody		x
Chief Joseph	The Nez Percés Tribe	x
Crazy Horse
Geronimo
Kit Carson
Meriwether Lewis		x
Sacajawea	The Shoshone Tribe	x
Sitting Bull	The Sioux Tribe	x
Wild Bill Hickok	Marshal Abilene	x
William Clark
Wyatt Earp