Trying to build 1972 proof set

drjules

Hi all

I would like to assemble a proof set with as high a set of grades and CAM / DCAM designations as I can afford (tight budget!). What is the best hing to do

1. Just buy coins that are slabbed already?
2. Search for good raw material and submit it myself?

The problem with option one is that I think it will be costly. But I can see more difficulties with option two: will I find decent material in the proof sets offered on flea-bay for $4.99? Haven't these sets already been picked over numerous times?

All help and advice welcomed

Dr J

cladking

My latest bid sheet shows the '72 proof set sells for about 10% less than the value
of the coins in the set. About 60% of the sets available on the market have not been
cherry picked at all, and many of the others have been checked only for the half dollar.
These coins sometimes run very nice but there is a significant variation in quality at
least compared to most modern proof sets. The rolls are easily sold for bid or a little
more and buyers don't expect more than just the worst few percent of the coins to
be culled already. The sets are easily purchased at bid and it's not overly difficult to
find them a little back of bid.

In a hundred sets of '72's you'll get three or four top notch cents, a couple nickels, about
five or six of each of the clads.

This would require a lot of effort but you get first crack at the great coins rather than
someone else.

The brown boxes are more problematical and you'd likely do better with a slab.

drjules

Thanks for the advice. Sorry for the newbie question but what do "brown boxes" refer to?

Dr J

Cocoinut

The silver proof Ike dollars from 1971-1974 were issued in a hard plastic holder inside a brown woodgrained cardboard box.

All of the coins should be quite affordable in CAM, and the clads can be found at reasonable prices in 68DCAM (even 69DCAM for the dime). The cent and nickel are tougher in DCAM.

Jim

drjules

OIC

I knew the dollars were a separate proof issue and now I know what was referred to

;-J