2000 uncircs: Hold 'em or spend 'em?
Whomeyeahyou
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I was going thru a box full of stuff I'd forgotten about that's been sitting around for the past 2 years. I've got some specimens from the 2000 uncirculated P and D sets I bought back then that aren't in too bad a shape, given the mess some of these sets seemed to have come in back then. Nothing probably worth even considering slabbing at any point unless I won a jillion lottery dollars and had cash to burn, but then again, nothing worse than some extremely light contact marks or "friction" grazing from another coin sliding across a high point -- all imperfections that you need a magnifier to see. Still and all, they're probably a bit of a cut above what you'd find from a roll at the bank when they're brand new -- hence my question: Keep 'em and let the kids leave a few fairly decent uncircs to their grandkids long after I'm dead, or just spend 'em since they're not exactly perfection in terms of uncircs?
BTW, to my dismay, what was a really pretty Lincoln back in 2000 showed up in the new light of day today with a nasty thumbprint growed on it on both sides. Lesson learned: Never leave your zinc Abes in the dark for extended periods of time; bad things happen to them when you do that
BTW, to my dismay, what was a really pretty Lincoln back in 2000 showed up in the new light of day today with a nasty thumbprint growed on it on both sides. Lesson learned: Never leave your zinc Abes in the dark for extended periods of time; bad things happen to them when you do that
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Nothing from the 2000 set is likely to have much of a premium in damaged condition any
time soon. Larger numbers of the late date coins seem to be getting saved so I wouldn't
bother with too much unless it looks fairly good. The dimes in these sets are interesting
in a little lower grade and nickels seem to be not overly common. Tough to say until they've
been around a while longer.
Haven't "seen" you around so welcome.