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Recommendations for obtaining the best specimens of the current year's coins
rmorgan
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I try to keep up with the current year's coins for my modern sets (Lincolns, Jeffersons, Roosevelts, Washingtons, etc). What way do you recommend for getting high-quality specimens of P and D for the current year's coins?
My strategy is about collecting what I intend to keep, not investing in what I plan to sell.
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Search rolls the minute the coins are issued. Some of the best gems I've found come from change taken from a freshly opened roll at the grocery store! Often better than mint set issues.
You can often buy federal reserve boxes full of them. I have had luck getting solid date boxes of BU rolls before to search. Of course, I haven't done it in ten years so things may have changed.
Good question. The early year roll idea is good. Just grabbing early year examples in change it is tough.
I've heard something like that before - that the mint sets are not necessarily the best coins. Any explanation as to why that is? I would expect that a sealed uncirculated set would hold coins of select quality.
My strategy is about collecting what I intend to keep, not investing in what I plan to sell.
Lots of new cents usually available in small shop 'take a cent, leave a cent' trays....Often that is the first place I see them... and they are super nice. As far as nickels and dimes... often the 'desk' at supermarkets will sell you a new roll. Cheers, RickO
If the above options don't work, then buy 10-15 mint sets.
Keep the best ,spend the rest.