Gem Ingots – Franklin Mint

Franklin Mint Products

Founded in 1965, The Franklin Mint began international expansion in 1969. The growth and development of the The Franklin Mint's reputation for producing the finest quality medallic art is reflected in the growth of its list of distinguished customers.

Franklin Mint issues have a wide appeal for their beauty, quality and artistic, historical and educational value, with particular emphasis on cultural and art issues.

Some of the world's finset artist have been introduced to the medium of medallic art by the Pennsylvania based mint.

Franklin Mint programs have featured original art created by such masters as Norman Rockwell, Charles Parks, Bernard Buffet, Isa Barnett, Henry Moore, Roger Bertrand Baron, Abram Balskie, Steven Dohanos, Andrew Wyeth to name a few...Gem Ingots - Franklin Mint

Each ingot represents a famous jeweler in countries around the world, and is inset with an actual gemstone.

This is one of the few Franklin Mint sets that comes in a leather display case. Case has a combination lock.

This set is my personal favorite for its overall attractiveness among all of the Franklin Mint ingot sets. Amazing that when released the set sold for $1,350 and that is the price we ask today even with the price of silver currently at over $25 per oz and in 1982 the average silver price was under $8