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tonight is going to be fun UPDATE: I finished
GoldenEyeNumismatics
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Tonight I'll be opening over 100 unopened proof sets from 1956-1964--I'll post anything nice
Update:
Ultimately--I'm pretty disappointed. Not much worth mentioning. I came across a few small date 1960 lincolns, some cameo and Dcam 1961 Quarters, a cameo 1957 half, and a 1957 Roosie with an absolutely MONSTER ultra cameo obverse, but a non cameo, shiny reverse
. The last batch I was opening was a group of about 25 1958 sets. I opened about 12 and didn't find anything. At this point I was so discouraged that I I just left the rest unopened (unopened 1958's sell for about $60, while opened ones are about $40--so each time I opened one it was like shredding a $20 bill).
I had gone through about 70 unopened 1961 sets. I was really hoping to find a DDR Franklin, but no such luck. I wasn't planning on finding one, but when you have a stack of unopened 1961 sets that is 8 inches high, it is pretty easy to let your hopes get high.
UPDATED AGAIN:
Whoa! My friend had given me 4 boxes of sets to sell to him. I had brought all 4 inside my house but accidentally had left one of them in kitchen and had forgotten about it. Just went in the kitchen and found it--another 100 sets to open--mostly 1962 and 1963!
Update:
Ultimately--I'm pretty disappointed. Not much worth mentioning. I came across a few small date 1960 lincolns, some cameo and Dcam 1961 Quarters, a cameo 1957 half, and a 1957 Roosie with an absolutely MONSTER ultra cameo obverse, but a non cameo, shiny reverse
. The last batch I was opening was a group of about 25 1958 sets. I opened about 12 and didn't find anything. At this point I was so discouraged that I I just left the rest unopened (unopened 1958's sell for about $60, while opened ones are about $40--so each time I opened one it was like shredding a $20 bill). I had gone through about 70 unopened 1961 sets. I was really hoping to find a DDR Franklin, but no such luck. I wasn't planning on finding one, but when you have a stack of unopened 1961 sets that is 8 inches high, it is pretty easy to let your hopes get high.
UPDATED AGAIN:
Whoa! My friend had given me 4 boxes of sets to sell to him. I had brought all 4 inside my house but accidentally had left one of them in kitchen and had forgotten about it. Just went in the kitchen and found it--another 100 sets to open--mostly 1962 and 1963!
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Russ, NCNE
<< <i>oh man, good luck. Where did you get all them from? >>
I'm selling them for a friend of mine. I explained to his the pros and cons of opening them, and he decided to have me open them.
Do you have any 1960 mint sets?
have never been peeped at!
<< <i>turns out there were more than I thought (probably close to 200). THey were all in one big box and we hadn't taken a definite count so I wasn' sure. I opened about 100 (mostly 1960 and 1961). All I found so far was some Cameo and DCam 1961 Quarters and 4 small date 1960 sets. >>
You gave up watching the Stanley Cup Playoffs for this???????????????????????????????
<< <i>When are they up for sale? and where did you/your friend get 200 unopened sets? Did he have them since purchased from the mint? >>
Not for sale yet--still have a few things to work out.
My firend had inheritted them from his father who passed away several years ago.
Perhaps the sellers of some of those pretty much knew what was in them.
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<< <i>When are they up for sale? and where did you/your friend get 200 unopened sets? Did he have them since purchased from the mint? >>
Not for sale yet--still have a few things to work out.
My firend had inheritted them from his father who passed away several years ago. >>
OK, let me know I might want a 60 SD if the price is right.(hope we can discuss that here)