Source of super-high grade moderns?

csw

Just where are these (non-proof) really high grade modern coins coming from? Are they plucked gingerly from mint sets, from mint bags, from your change at KMart, or what?

--csw

TheNumish

Depends on the coin. Some coins come nice in rolls and some coins come nice in mint sets. Overall I'd guess 80% come from mint sets and 20% come from rolls. Don't think you'll have much luck going through the kmart change.

keets

.....please define modern with a date range.

al h.

tjkillian

Modern is anything made after 1950

Tom

nwcs

Modern is anything from 10 years after your birth date to today.

csw

I guess I'm thinking about all these coins minted in the three, ten, fifteen or so years that are seemingly commanding unusually high prices.

If at least one source is rolls, then what is the source of these rolls? Do they come straight from the mint? Or through some federal reserve? Your local bank?

-chris

DHeath

Dbldie55

wallstreetman

Let me guess, The U.S. Mint, or are you talking the Dark Side?

mrfred

A lot of them come from mint sets, and also from proof sets.

cladking

It depends on the date/mm/denomination. Generally a good rule of thumb
is to look in the mint sets first but there are some coins that don't appear nice
in sets. Most don't appear nice in rolls and there is sometimes overlap. Rolls
make a poor source for many of these coins anyway since they are virtually
non-existent.

There are some modern varieties which do not even exist in unc, so super high
grade coins are the few VF's left in circulation.

About two mint sets in three will have at least one gem in it. About one gem in
ten will be a superb gem. A disproportionate number of gems will be cents or
dimes.

MacCoin

I think you'll find the super high grades early one were cherry pick from mint sets. a few from mint roll and a little less from mint bags.