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          <isLoanByFund>N</isLoanByFund>
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        <title>Anglo American plc</title>
        <cusip>N/A</cusip>
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        <payoffProfile>Long</payoffProfile>
        <assetCat>EC</assetCat>
        <issuerCat>CORP</issuerCat>
        <invCountry>GB</invCountry>
        
        <isRestrictedSec>N</isRestrictedSec>
        
        <fairValLevel>2</fairValLevel>
        <securityLending>
          <isCashCollateral>N</isCashCollateral>
          <isNonCashCollateral>N</isNonCashCollateral>
          <isLoanByFund>N</isLoanByFund>
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      <invstOrSec>
        <name>Valterra Platinum Ltd.</name>
        <lei>529900RORCZ0E5S5FX81</lei>
        <title>Valterra Platinum Ltd.</title>
        <cusip>N/A</cusip>
        <identifiers>
          <isin value="ZAE000013181"/>
          <other otherDesc="Inhouse Asset ID" value="1481582"/>
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        <balance>5648.00000000</balance>
        <units>NS</units>
        <currencyConditional curCd="GBP" exchangeRt="0.74197737"/>
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        <pctVal>0.085509154005</pctVal>
        <payoffProfile>Long</payoffProfile>
        <assetCat>EC</assetCat>
        <issuerCat>CORP</issuerCat>
        <invCountry>ZA</invCountry>
        <isRestrictedSec>N</isRestrictedSec>
        
        <fairValLevel>2</fairValLevel>
        <securityLending>
          <isCashCollateral>N</isCashCollateral>
          <isNonCashCollateral>N</isNonCashCollateral>
          <isLoanByFund>N</isLoanByFund>
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      <invstOrSec>
        <name>South32 Ltd.</name>
        <lei>213800LAZNPXSBKVHR17</lei>
        <title>South32 Ltd.</title>
        <cusip>N/A</cusip>
        <identifiers>
          <isin value="AU000000S320"/>
          <other otherDesc="Inhouse Asset ID" value="602820"/>
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        <balance>685800.00000000</balance>
        <units>NS</units>
        <currencyConditional curCd="AUD" exchangeRt="1.42116109"/>
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        <pctVal>0.437203284453</pctVal>
        <payoffProfile>Long</payoffProfile>
        <assetCat>EC</assetCat>
        <issuerCat>CORP</issuerCat>
        <invCountry>AU</invCountry>
        <isRestrictedSec>N</isRestrictedSec>
        
        <fairValLevel>2</fairValLevel>
        <securityLending>
          <isCashCollateral>N</isCashCollateral>
          <isNonCashCollateral>N</isNonCashCollateral>
          <isLoanByFund>N</isLoanByFund>
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      <invstOrSec>
        <name>Alamos Gold, Inc.</name>
        <lei>894500GIHFJZW7YS9660</lei>
        <title>Alamos Gold, Inc., Class A</title>
        <cusip>011532108</cusip>
        <identifiers>
          <isin value="CA0115321089"/>
          <other otherDesc="Inhouse Asset ID" value="607952"/>
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        <balance>164500.00000000</balance>
        <units>NS</units>
        <currencyConditional curCd="CAD" exchangeRt="1.40185000"/>
        <valUSD>4571758.75000000</valUSD>
        <pctVal>0.914190677281</pctVal>
        <payoffProfile>Long</payoffProfile>
        <assetCat>EC</assetCat>
        <issuerCat>CORP</issuerCat>
        <invCountry>CA</invCountry>
        <isRestrictedSec>N</isRestrictedSec>
        
        <fairValLevel>1</fairValLevel>
        <securityLending>
          <isCashCollateral>N</isCashCollateral>
          <isNonCashCollateral>N</isNonCashCollateral>
          <isLoanByFund>N</isLoanByFund>
        </securityLending>
      </invstOrSec>
      <invstOrSec>
        <name>Canadian Dollar</name>
        <lei>N/A</lei>
        <title>Canadian Dollar</title>
        <cusip>N/A</cusip>
        <identifiers>
          <other otherDesc="ISO Currency code" value="CAD"/>
        </identifiers>
        <balance>88311.53000000</balance>
        <units>OU</units>
        <descOthUnits>Currencies</descOthUnits>
        <currencyConditional curCd="CAD" exchangeRt="1.40185000"/>
        <valUSD>62996.42000000</valUSD>
        <pctVal>0.012597064503</pctVal>
        <payoffProfile>Long</payoffProfile>
        <assetCat>STIV</assetCat>
        <issuerConditional desc="Foreign currencies" issuerCat="OTHER"/>
        <invCountry>CA</invCountry>
        <isRestrictedSec>N</isRestrictedSec>
        
        <fairValLevel>1</fairValLevel>
        <securityLending>
          <isCashCollateral>N</isCashCollateral>
          <isNonCashCollateral>N</isNonCashCollateral>
          <isLoanByFund>N</isLoanByFund>
        </securityLending>
      </invstOrSec>
      <invstOrSec>
        <name>EURO</name>
        <lei>N/A</lei>
        <title>EURO</title>
        <cusip>N/A</cusip>
        <identifiers>
          <other otherDesc="ISO Currency code" value="EUR"/>
        </identifiers>
        <balance>11398.63000000</balance>
        <units>OU</units>
        <descOthUnits>Currencies</descOthUnits>
        <currencyConditional curCd="EUR" exchangeRt="0.86718987"/>
        <valUSD>13144.33000000</valUSD>
        <pctVal>0.002628402897</pctVal>
        <payoffProfile>Long</payoffProfile>
        <assetCat>STIV</assetCat>
        <issuerConditional desc="Foreign currencies" issuerCat="OTHER"/>
        <invCountry>XX</invCountry>
        <isRestrictedSec>N</isRestrictedSec>
        
        <fairValLevel>1</fairValLevel>
        <securityLending>
          <isCashCollateral>N</isCashCollateral>
          <isNonCashCollateral>N</isNonCashCollateral>
          <isLoanByFund>N</isLoanByFund>
        </securityLending>
      </invstOrSec>
      <invstOrSec>
        <name>TotalEnergies SE</name>
        <lei>529900S21EQ1BO4ESM68</lei>
        <title>TotalEnergies SE</title>
        <cusip>N/A</cusip>
        <identifiers>
          <isin value="FR0000120271"/>
          <other otherDesc="Inhouse Asset ID" value="912427"/>
        </identifiers>
        <balance>89400.00000000</balance>
        <units>NS</units>
        <curCd>USD</curCd>
        <valUSD>7854684.00000000</valUSD>
        <pctVal>1.570660062890</pctVal>
        <payoffProfile>Long</payoffProfile>
        <assetCat>EC</assetCat>
        <issuerCat>CORP</issuerCat>
        <invCountry>FR</invCountry>
        <isRestrictedSec>N</isRestrictedSec>
        
        <fairValLevel>1</fairValLevel>
        <securityLending>
          <isCashCollateral>N</isCashCollateral>
          <isNonCashCollateral>N</isNonCashCollateral>
          <isLoanByFund>N</isLoanByFund>
        </securityLending>
      </invstOrSec>
      <invstOrSec>
        <name>Franklin Institutional U.S. Government Money Market Fund</name>
        <lei>549300M4TP89K77LG374</lei>
        <title>Franklin Institutional U.S. Government Money Market Fund</title>
        <cusip>457756500</cusip>
        <identifiers>
          <isin value="US4577565009"/>
        </identifiers>
        <balance>20876400.00000000</balance>
        <units>NS</units>
        <curCd>USD</curCd>
        <valUSD>20876400.00000000</valUSD>
        <pctVal>4.174544480328</pctVal>
        <payoffProfile>Long</payoffProfile>
        <assetCat>STIV</assetCat>
        <issuerCat>RF</issuerCat>
        <invCountry>US</invCountry>
        <isRestrictedSec>N</isRestrictedSec>
        
        <fairValLevel>1</fairValLevel>
        <securityLending>
          <cashCollateralCondition cashCollateralVal="20876400.00000000" isCashCollateral="Y"/>
          <isNonCashCollateral>N</isNonCashCollateral>
          <isLoanByFund>N</isLoanByFund>
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      </invstOrSec>
      <invstOrSec>
        <name>Linde plc</name>
        <lei>5299003QR1WT0EF88V51</lei>
        <title>Linde plc</title>
        <cusip>N/A</cusip>
        <identifiers>
          <isin value="IE000S9YS762"/>
          <other otherDesc="Inhouse Asset ID" value="1239901"/>
        </identifiers>
        <balance>20900.00000000</balance>
        <units>NS</units>
        <curCd>USD</curCd>
        <valUSD>9998142.00000000</valUSD>
        <pctVal>1.999276144337</pctVal>
        <payoffProfile>Long</payoffProfile>
        <assetCat>EC</assetCat>
        <issuerCat>CORP</issuerCat>
        <invCountry>IE</invCountry>
        
        <isRestrictedSec>N</isRestrictedSec>
        
        <fairValLevel>1</fairValLevel>
        <securityLending>
          <isCashCollateral>N</isCashCollateral>
          <isNonCashCollateral>N</isNonCashCollateral>
          <isLoanByFund>N</isLoanByFund>
        </securityLending>
      </invstOrSec>
      <invstOrSec>
        <name>TechnipFMC plc</name>
        <lei>549300D5I93QWCJTCK36</lei>
        <title>TechnipFMC plc</title>
        <cusip>N/A</cusip>
        <identifiers>
          <isin value="GB00BDSFG982"/>
          <other otherDesc="Inhouse Asset ID" value="657807"/>
        </identifiers>
        <balance>84100.00000000</balance>
        <units>NS</units>
        <curCd>USD</curCd>
        <valUSD>6026606.00000000</valUSD>
        <pctVal>1.205108869940</pctVal>
        <payoffProfile>Long</payoffProfile>
        <assetCat>EC</assetCat>
        <issuerCat>CORP</issuerCat>
        <invCountry>GB</invCountry>
        <isRestrictedSec>N</isRestrictedSec>
        
        <fairValLevel>1</fairValLevel>
        <securityLending>
          <isCashCollateral>N</isCashCollateral>
          <isNonCashCollateral>N</isNonCashCollateral>
          <isLoanByFund>N</isLoanByFund>
        </securityLending>
      </invstOrSec>
      <invstOrSec>
        <name>Bunge Global SA</name>
        <lei>254900IVXSV9K0B7PO26</lei>
        <title>Bunge Global SA</title>
        <cusip>N/A</cusip>
        <identifiers>
          <isin value="CH1300646267"/>
          <other otherDesc="Inhouse Asset ID" value="1306984"/>
        </identifiers>
        <balance>34700.00000000</balance>
        <units>NS</units>
        <curCd>USD</curCd>
        <valUSD>3686181.00000000</valUSD>
        <pctVal>0.737106328056</pctVal>
        <payoffProfile>Long</payoffProfile>
        <assetCat>EC</assetCat>
        <issuerCat>CORP</issuerCat>
        <invCountry>CH</invCountry>
        
        <isRestrictedSec>N</isRestrictedSec>
        
        <fairValLevel>1</fairValLevel>
        <securityLending>
          <isCashCollateral>N</isCashCollateral>
          <isNonCashCollateral>N</isNonCashCollateral>
          <isLoanByFund>N</isLoanByFund>
        </securityLending>
      </invstOrSec>
      <invstOrSec>
        <name>Norwegian Krone</name>
        <lei>N/A</lei>
        <title>Norwegian Krone</title>
        <cusip>N/A</cusip>
        <identifiers>
          <other otherDesc="ISO Currency code" value="NOK"/>
        </identifiers>
        <balance>253.40000000</balance>
        <units>OU</units>
        <descOthUnits>Currencies</descOthUnits>
        <currencyConditional curCd="NOK" exchangeRt="9.47750000"/>
        <valUSD>26.74000000</valUSD>
        <pctVal>0.000005347057</pctVal>
        <payoffProfile>Long</payoffProfile>
        <assetCat>STIV</assetCat>
        <issuerConditional desc="Foreign currencies" issuerCat="OTHER"/>
        <invCountry>NO</invCountry>
        <isRestrictedSec>N</isRestrictedSec>
        
        <fairValLevel>1</fairValLevel>
        <securityLending>
          <isCashCollateral>N</isCashCollateral>
          <isNonCashCollateral>N</isNonCashCollateral>
          <isLoanByFund>N</isLoanByFund>
        </securityLending>
      </invstOrSec>
    </invstOrSecs>
    <explntrNotes>
      <explntrNote note="Monthly returns presented in Item B.5(a) have been calculated without deducting any applicable sales loads or redemption fees." noteItem="B.5.a"/>
    </explntrNotes>
    <signature>
      <ncom:dateSigned>2026-08-31</ncom:dateSigned>
      <ncom:nameOfApplicant>Franklin Strategic Series</ncom:nameOfApplicant>
      <ncom:signature>Monica Krogh</ncom:signature>
      <ncom:signerName>Monica Krogh</ncom:signerName>
      <ncom:title>Assistant Treasurer</ncom:title>
    </signature>
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</edgarSubmission>
