sandy3075 Posted December 9, 2008 Report Share Posted December 9, 2008 I always admired the beauty of the Caribbean coinage and especially Bahamas minted in 70's and 80's when Franklin mint was ust innovating their 3 different mint techniques. These coins are quite frequent, especially for dedicated collector and I had almost all of them excluding larger gold mintage of Bahamas a few years ago wehn I just started collecting coins. Still to this date they can easily capture both novice and experienced collector. Here are several examples I have. Of course all of these and ore are also posted in my on-line collection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandy3075 Posted December 9, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 9, 2008 50 cent with the blue marlin, this one is actually Royal mint rather then Franklin mint for the rest of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandy3075 Posted December 9, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 9, 2008 Earlier dollar, KM-22 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandy3075 Posted December 9, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 9, 2008 Later mintage from 1974 on showing coat of arms nstead of Queen's portrait Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandy3075 Posted December 9, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 9, 2008 This 10 dollar coin was minted using matte technique in tiny mintage of 100 pieces. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandy3075 Posted December 9, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 9, 2008 Franklin mint also minted so called brilliant uncirculated coins for non-circulation sets with a strikingly fine finish but distinctively different from both proof and matte. This 2 dollar coin was originally included in one of the 946 uncirculated sets that were available by subscription. I am wondering how many are left intact now. Obverse is a bit clouded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art Posted December 9, 2008 Report Share Posted December 9, 2008 These are terrific coins. I especially like the shell design on the one dollar coin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bill Posted December 9, 2008 Report Share Posted December 9, 2008 I'll second Art's statement. The shell design is wonderful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
De Orc Posted December 10, 2008 Report Share Posted December 10, 2008 And I will third it they realy are lovely to look at Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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