I gotta ask, anyone else "bought" the Mint's State Card/Portfolio sets?

Bochiman

*notice, I didn't say "collect"*....

Anyone else bought the US Mint's "Greetings from America USPS/US Mint Series"????

I have to don my dunce cap, possibly, on this one. I did. I bought them for my son to have when he is old enough.
Now, I am anal enough to keep buying them as they come out so I can get the whole set (I can be a completist at times ).

From a numistmatic standpoint, I don't see a lot of value in them
Can someone tell me of some? Maybe they are early strikes? Maybe they will become collectible (know any examples that are similar?)

They are $29.95 and $27.95 each year.

I looked at the packaging and am worried that the plastic used will be bad for the coins
I don't want to open them (would prefer to leave them unopened) but I don't want them to be ruined.

So, opinions are welcome and so are suggestions......right now, I will likely continue to sink ~$60 a year into completing them as they come out.

According to the latest NN, the sales figures are:
1999 State card set: 6835
1999 Portfolio: 12626
2000 State card set: 5419
2000 Portfolio: 9957
2001 State card set 4816
2001 Portfolio: 8529
2002 State card set: 5878
2002 Portfolio 12360
2003 State card set: 1619
2003 Portfolio: 2336

So, people seem to not be buying 1-1 on them. People aren't even keeping the sales figures the same (for complete sets).

I must admit to be perplexed on this and thinking I should never have bought the first set


Ron

Bochiman

TTT....fixed my title so it is more descriptive.
Sorry.

If no one else on the forum has bought these, then I feel like an even bigger dumb@$$ than normal

relayer

I bought the 1999 set. For some reason I thought I'd get some 67 or 68's to submit.

They come shrink wrapped together and I looked at the outside ones and didn't bother opening it up. I just threw it in the box with all of the other "Why did I buy that?" stuff.

Now if the mint would just send me my Salmon silver medal I ordered in August I'd be happy

Conder101

With those kind of productions, especially the 2003's, they will probably discontinue them before the end of the state quarter program as they have other iems.