Break outs?
rfogg
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I have several Premier, Prstige, and SIlver proof sert from 1976-1998. Some of the coins i them are spectacular. Deep cameo, deep mirror etc etc. Is it worth breaking them out and having them valued and/or slabbed? It seems their individual collective value would be much greater then the 'sets'.
Bad pic example of a 1993 Premier silver set. The picts show 'funk' but I can determine nothing, not even hairlines on the faces. Opinions? I have learned to really respect the experts that frequent here. More pics (I promise I'll get better at the pics with practice) available of more sets if interested.
Bad pic example of a 1993 Premier silver set. The picts show 'funk' but I can determine nothing, not even hairlines on the faces. Opinions? I have learned to really respect the experts that frequent here. More pics (I promise I'll get better at the pics with practice) available of more sets if interested.
Randy W Fogg
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Doggedly collecting coins of the Central American Republic.
Visit the Society of US Pattern Collectors at USPatterns.com.
You seem eager to "submit" some coins, have them "slabbed", and "increase their value", so I'd suggest you break out one of the dupes of each year just to see what happens? Heck, you might even score.
But what is most likely to happen is: you pay money to ship the coins, pay money to have them certified, pay more money to have them shipped back. And they will receive "average" grades that make them worth less than the total spent for the coins, certification, and shipping.
If you're curious about how the coins "grade", and their "value", this would be very educational for you..
there's a strong desire among newer collectors to "do something" with their coins... a couple submissions usually cure that longing pretty quick.
Of course, there's always the chance you do get a PR70 or some ultra grade for the coin, make a lot of money, and will be hooked for life on "submitting" your coins. good luck!
Liberty: Parent of Science & Industry
<< <i>The picts show 'funk' but I can determine nothing, not even hairlines on the faces. Opinions? >>
With Proof coins the main areas that will have hairlines will be in the mirrored fields instead of the devices or frosted areas. The best way to check for hairlines would be to remove the coins and look at them under a good light.
I would not break the set up. jmo
<< <i>I have several Premier, Prstige, and SIlver proof sert from 1976-1998. Some of the coins i them are spectacular. Deep cameo, deep mirror etc etc. Is it worth breaking them out and having them valued and/or slabbed? It seems their individual collective value would be much greater then the 'sets'. >>
here's a better idea, leave the coins alone & appreciate them for what they are. more plastic won't help you appreciate them any more then you do now.
K S
coins are worth slabbing then or if you want to display them in a different format there is no
reason not to break uo the set. While not true for this particular set, most of the modern proof
and mint sets are actually worth more after they are broken; the total value of the individual
coins at wholesale exceeds the total value of the intact set at wholesale. There is certainly a
chance that premiums can develop for the sets but this could be years away and in the mean-
time you have to retain inferior coins if you don't bust them up.
Mint packaging in many cases has also prove to be bad for the coins. While the prestige sets
appear to be OK, there are many other sets or coins in them which have deteriorated.
While large numbers of most modern sets have already been destroyed, the fact remains that
mintages were usually pretty high. This means sets will trickle on to the market for decades af-
ter the last of the current supply have been collected or destroyed. Premiums on some sets are
very high so be sure you know what you're doing before breaking them.