Mint sets

Mikey

Does anyone have any recommendations on good years to purchase, or seen any price increase in the last couple of years? They sure seem undervalued to me.

BlueCole

I just buy the cheap ones with good contrasts--I've got a few CAMs out of 5.00 proof sets-- 81, 82, 79, etc.

As far as price flucs, you'd have to ask someone else. I just like getting pretty coins for a cheap price.

B.

nwcs

They are generally undervalued. Or the govt. charged too much. I think early 80s mint sets will do well down the road.

cladking

No surprise, but I like 'em. They're mostly all up sharply in the last two or three
years, but since they're about the only source for many moderns they are still seem-
ingly cheap. The coins that make constitute these sets are up even more so for
practical purposes the cost for the set is dropping. The mint has long maintained that
the best coins go into the mint sets and as a rule this is true. These coins are almost
uniformly well struck. They were struck at slower speeds under greater pressure by
new dies. After only about 30,000 strikes the dies are retired to the coining floor. Mint
set coins are also struck on single presses rather than the quad presses which strike
most coins now days. These coins are often dinged and scratched but even here they
tend to be a little nicer than the regular coins.

My favorite dates are the ones for which BU rolls are scarce or nonexistent. Several of
the coins of the late 60's and early 70's spring to mind. There are good dates all through
all the dates of the clad mint sets though. Some are good because they are exceedingly
cheap like the 1980, and some because they have very desirable coins like the 1969.
Especially watch for very nice coins of those which usually look bad in he sets and are not
available elsewhere. Especially if the coin is a quarter. - - or, of course, any gem.