I had a quick question, mainly because I can't find any information about them, but does anybody know about the All Nations coin sets. I know that they are from the franklin mint, but I don't know if they're real or just replicas of the coins.
One thing you might try would be googling "All Nations Coin Set" or searching current eBay auction listings. That's where I usually find information on an uncommon set. Now, all that aside, from reading a couple descriptions it looks like they are real coins (not replicas) and they most likely contain coins from the 1970's to 1980's from around 135 countries. Looks like there might also be a stamp or two involved.
Authentic coins, some sets go for big money. I'm curious to find out if the Franklin mint bought a lot of coins from overseas and made those sets, or if they got approval to mint the coins in the US.
I've also found a couple other threads on these sets on world coin forums. Looks like the Chinese set can be valuable if certain coins are from 1982 (some denominations were proof-only, so there is a very small mintage) to the tune of over $300.
I have been, with very little luck. I'm trying to figure out how the series went and how far it went. At first I thought they made a card for each country, but than I found out they did a couple of countries twice with different coins. I don't see a number or anything on the cards.
Indeed - the Chinese coins are the key date in particular with the right year. I remember seeing one shooting past the 600 dollar mark. The same goes with the Soviet set with 1975, 6 coins in them, 1976 20 kopek being a semi key. This set would have gone over 50 dollars easily. A lot of these sets got broken up so it would be rather uncommon to see one intact.
I have the sets but have never taken photos to show here. (1) They are real coins minted by the authority of each respective country. (2) They originally were marketed by the Franklin Mint and included a nice green-color box to house the cards. (I 'm guessing that each of my green boxes holds about 30 of the cards). Each green box is labeled something like "volume 1, volume 2, etc). You will find many of the individual country cards sold on ebay. The set takes-up a bunch of space.
Here are some photos depicting the large green-color boxes that the Franklin Mint supplied. I believe that it was a subscription thing where periodically you would receive cards to put into your box. The subscription thing is just my assumption based upon what I have. I did not buy this collection from the Franklin Mint. I bought it at a monthly antique auction. As I recall the total cost was based on about $0.50 per coin as a bulk lot. I have crammed as many cards into each of the boxes as possible & all my cards including several duplicates fit. I just counted how many cards are crammed into the volume II box & there are 45 cards in it. 45 Cards is really tight so the boxes are probably designed for something less than 45 cards.
I've got two of the USSR cards and one of the China cards. The Soviet coins are all completely blemish-free and include mirror fields. They certainly must be proof manufacture. The China set does have a couple coins that are proof but most coins in the collection are high grade MS. I did break-up one card when I bought this lot. The Chad card had a couple tough coins that I needed to fill a couple holes in my collection. Hindsight is always 20-20. I probably should have left the Chad card intact. I recognize this mistake every time I look at the Chad 500 Franc coin in my one-coin-per-country album. Here is a photo depicting a USSR and a PRC card: This last photo shows the two USSR cards. The coins have mirror fields and there is not a single contact mark to be found. I think they are all proof manufacture but proof is not listed in Krause.
The USSR coins are PL. If you even have one or two proof Chinese coins in that set, it's worth quite a bit. I'd sell that card for sure on ebay
Yes these are the same ones I have and I am almost positive that I have the older Chinese coins. I got mine from the uncle that used to send me the yearly proof sets from the mint starting in 1981. He said to keep the Chinese set and that it would one day be worth something. I just laughed and said ..."Yeah right Uncle Don". I guess he had the last laugh.
Looks like im a little behind on these posts but i have a question. I have these coins but it seems to differ quite a bit. My Coin Sets of All Nations has 171 cards total and I have 2 sets of boxes that are labeled 1-4. I have no duplicates. Seems like everything im reading from other people post have around 130 cards total. I also have the USSR and the Chinese card which 4 coins are 1982 & the other 3 are 1981. Can anyone shed some light for me on this? Thanks..JB
I have the same set and I not gone to this thread to determine where I might be able to find the value of them or if they are in fact we all inauthentic. In fact yes you have a real and authentic set. The pictures shown above earlier in this thread depict volume 1 & 2. These more closely resemble my set, however, I have almost a hundred and sixty cards w/many duplicates as well. I originally purchased it for $200. And in 2009 I looked it up on eBay and I found 1 set - volumes 1 & 2 wbich were being sold for $2,499
So the Chinese coins make this valuable? I'm watching a set, 4 boxes, now on a goodwill auction. It shows 2 sets from China but you can't see the stamps or years. Are they all the same from set to set or could they have different coins that would make it less valuable? The listing doesn't show how many cards are in the boxes. I see a listing on Ebay about just the China coins for about the same as you saw in 2009 for the set but can't tell from the pics if they are the same ones I'm watching.
A lot of the coins in these sets are virtually unavailable from any other source. The FM spared no expense in assembling them and charged accordingly. It's not only that the coins can't be found in Unc elsewhere but that they can't be found at all in some instances. It might also be noted that the issuing country often took pains to supply the finest coins. Even where you can find the coins elsewhere they might no be as nice. Frankly, these sets could constitute an entire collection of world moderns except for two major flaws; they cover only a few years in the late-'70's/ early '80's and they made enough of thesesets that the coins are actuall "common" relative some of the other dates in most instances. I like these a lot and regret every set that I've passed up over the years. I always snagged them cheap and busted them up but I never payed full price or anywhere close to it. I passed on one complete set for $100. In those days moderns were cheap and you couldn't buy everything. It was expensive to pay for safety deposit boxes and they fill up fast if you try to buy everything. $100 was real money in those days.
I just bought Vol 3 and 4 which has 51 countries in it from a local seller for $60. Is this a good deal? Or did I overspend? I need to go through the sets in detail.
