Don, Thank you very much for the information. I still find it very strange that the Franklin Mint (being a company that creates collectable items) would just stop making collectable tokens after 5 years of production. Somewhere in the Franklin Mint Vaults, you would think there are some “test” sets in binders.

I do understand how the minting process works, but like the United States Mint, there would be “test” samples of tokens (possibly in silver) created.

Also, what would stop the Franklin Mint from creating “collector” tokens after the fact? Taking a die from 1979 and minting a few tokens after the mint run was over?

Does the Franklin Mint have the same high standards as the United States Mint? Since in a round about way they would be printing money (tokens redeemable for money)?

Sorry for all of the questions!