How many have you CRACKED

GTOster

I do,You do it, We all do it. My questions are How many Proof sets have you cracked open to get to the nice one for that slab!!
years? how many? Also how many Proof set are still intact! will this ever bring the prices up to a unheard of Price for the ones that made it out alive I know that I have cracked over 1000 sets mostly from the 70s and 80s to get to that one that I just had to have slabbed Still haven't gotten that PR70DCAM yet but I'll keep trying (LOL)
Thank you in advance for your input
Paul

Russ

I've done a few 1964 proof sets. I think Marty also has.

Russ, NCNE

nwcs

So far, only 1. A 1962 proof set where the half dollar had rose toning in the center of the obverse and reverse. Very nice. Other than that, the only proof I've sent in was a 1984 W $10.

Neil

MadMarty

A few, quite a bit more than a few for me. Hundreds!

fcloud

A few over the years, but not more than 10.

itsnotjustme

1955 1
1956 1
1959 23 (And I got 21 Washingtons into 66/67/68CAM holders!!)
1962 1
1964 6
SMS Sets 10
Modern Proofs 10
Modern Mint Sets 40

VonZipper

I've got about 15 proofs and comems still to crack when I get ready to submit one day.

dbldie55

zero

MadMarty

Brian, you know the exact number of proof sets you have cracked! That's scary!

cladking

A dealer friend out west told me that from the mid-80's to the mid-90's he
used mint set coins to make change in his store. He'd buy the sets at 80%
of bid which was under face and cut them up to use in his cash register. He
said people loved getting the shiny halfs and dollars but rarely noticed any-
thing unusual about the other coins. He claimed he didn't cherry them at all
except to roll the mint set only coins and a few others like '71 nickels. When
asked how many he just says "thousands". He had wholesaled all the rolls
before I even heard the story.

Another friend refers to the debris left over from cracking proof sets as "pop coin".
He says one little box of proof sets makes three big garbage bags of debris.

Don't count on any of these original sets gaining a large premium. Likely they'll
be valued mostly at the sum of the coins and it won't much matter if packaging
is original or not. They made such large numbers of these sets that it seems un-
likely enough can be destroyed to get much premium. It's hardly impossible though,
if large nubers of newbies desire them original then some dates (and most mint sets)
are already in "short supply".

keets

i'll get technical and poke fun at russ by saying you don't really crack a 1964 and earlier set!!!!

al h.

Russ

Keets,

You obviously haven't seen some of the improperly stored brittle garbage I've gotten in.

Russ, NCNE

keets

this is actually a timely topic for me. you should see my kitchen table as we speak!!

1970 proof set for the nickel.
1972 proof set for the nickel.
1965 MS66CAM SMS Jefferson/PCGS.
1967 MS66 SMS Jefferson/old PCGS.
1967 MS67 SMS Jefferson/PCGS.
1953 PF68CAM Jefferson/NGC.
1955 PF68CAM Jefferson/NGC.
1956 PR66 T2 Franklin/1st generation PCGS.

they all meet the hammer in this evening!!

al h.

RGL

That '53 Jeff caught my attention, Al. Does it cross ... heck, even a 67 CAM would be a major score.

melikecoins

keets you mean to tell me that there are still early 70's proof set that I have not gotten to?
Glen

keets

hey randy

that's the 53 that i tried in-holder to cross about 8 months ago. to me it's a no-doubter, but i had a fellow member/nickel guy give it a look. he says if the mirrors brighten, which may be a factor of viewing it through the plastic or haze, it should cross.

.............glen, i have some very good proof/mint set connections. part of the advantage of living in what used to be referred to as "The Best Location In The Nation" until Lake Erie caught fire. at the time that phrase was !!coined!! about Greater Cleveland, we were centered within 500 miles of over 50% of the nations population. that's quite a base of collectors and the accompanying sets made avilable as a result. also on my list from above, though they are raw coins, are 1969 and 1975 proof Jeffersons. always lookin' for them 69DCAM's!!

al h.

editted to thank glen for reminding me that it was the Cuyahoga that caught fire and not the lake. i got all wrapped up in the "mistake by the lake" thing and went retarded for a moment. thanks glen.

Merc

Has anyone opened an origional 1942 or earlier proof set?

K6AZ

How many proof sets have I cracked? That's easy:



Mark my words, there will be a time in the future when these sets (especially silver sets) that are original with nice coins will go for big premiums. This business of breaking them up to slab for a point or two here and there has become ridiculous. After 17 years of being broken up to slab, how many original sets can be left?

keets

........well, there will always be at least one of each left in my run of dates from 1960 and on.

al h.

dorkkarl

zero.

K S

Okie

<< <i>This business of breaking them up to slab for a point or two here and there has become ridiculous. >>



Here, here!

It's too bad you can't leave the set intact, then send the whole set to have one of the coins graded, and have it returned to you intact with the one primo coin graded. I'm sure it could be done, similar to what NGC does for GSA dollars. They could design a label which specifies the particular graded coin and it stays in its original home holder.


There I go again thinking outside the box.

paigowjohnny

One 1959 set so I could put it in a capital holder and keep on my desk at work...my "year of mintage"

prooflike

none for me