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The Franklin Mint...bad news (FYI)
Yesterday at NOON the Franklin Mint closed its doors for good. They blame
everything under the sun but the management killed the company. Other collectible companies are proserping having copied the FM system. |
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"MWelbornjr" wrote in message
Yesterday at NOON the Franklin Mint closed its doors for good. They blame everything under the sun but the management killed the company. Other collectible companies are proserping having copied the FM system. That is truely sad news. I have many, many FM products in my collection.......... medals as well as world coins, and all exhibit true art and superior craftsmanship. I know that you have been a big supporter of the FM on this ng over the years and must be sorely disappointed with the turn of events. -- Ed Hendricks ANA# R178621 eBay: edh. |
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"Ed Hendricks" wrote in message ... "MWelbornjr" wrote in message Yesterday at NOON the Franklin Mint closed its doors for good. They blame everything under the sun but the management killed the company. Other collectible companies are proserping having copied the FM system. That is truely sad news. I have many, many FM products in my collection.......... medals as well as world coins, and all exhibit true art and superior craftsmanship. I know that you have been a big supporter of the FM on this ng over the years and must be sorely disappointed with the turn of events. -- Ed Hendricks ANA# R178621 eBay: edh. If you have any of their calendar medals then I would love to see some examples on abpn or any site if you ever were so inclined. Heck! I would enjoy seeing almost any of their medals :-) Dale |
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"MWelbornjr" wrote... Yesterday at NOON the Franklin Mint closed its doors for good. They blame everything under the sun but the management killed the company. Other collectible companies are proserping having copied the FM system. http://tinyurl.com/uv3s Didint see anything about closing doors, but a 300 person layoff...but I didnt look too hard either. I just got their Christmas 2003 catalog yesterday... odd timing! Sam F. |
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"Dale Hallmark" wrote in message
If you have any of their calendar medals then I would love to see some examples on abpn or any site if you ever were so inclined. Heck! I would enjoy seeing almost any of their medals :-) Dale I'll check, Dale, and see what I have that might be of interest. Will try to post periodic pics to abpn. Stay tuned. -- Ed Hendricks ANA# R178621 eBay: edh. |
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"Sam F." wrote in message ...
"MWelbornjr" wrote... Yesterday at NOON the Franklin Mint closed its doors for good. They blame everything under the sun but the management killed the company. Other collectible companies are proserping having copied the FM system. http://tinyurl.com/uv3s Didint see anything about closing doors, but a 300 person layoff...but I didnt look too hard either. I just got their Christmas 2003 catalog yesterday... odd timing! Sam F. They must have been in really bad shape. Usually a company in trouble will wait and see how they do during the holiday season before they make a decision on closing (many will fold in Jan. or Feb. after looking at the sales figures). That Franklin Mint couldn't even wait 2 months more really tells you something. |
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Ο "MWelbornjr" έγραψε στο μήνυμα
... Yesterday at NOON the Franklin Mint closed its doors for good. They blame everything under the sun but the management killed the company. Other collectible companies are proserping having copied the FM system. Sad news... I just started collecting their 20 Balboa coins ("damn" you, the one who mentioned them a few weeks ago:-) I felt in love with these huge coins!) and I must say that IMHO their quality is no worse than that of any other national Mint... -- E' mai possibile, oh porco di un cane, che le avventure in codesto reame debban risolversi tutte con grandi puttane! F.d.A |
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The Franklin mint was an actual mint for many years and produced some really
good coins. Unfortunately, they stopped minting coins when they found out that they could sell other collectables. For a brief time in 1982, the US Congress even considered giving them a contract to do US Olympic commemerative coins. But that nearly killed the US commemerative program. Others can do what's being done by the FM cheaper and better. eric l. |
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