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I broke down and opened a sealed 1956 Mint Set

UtahCoinUtahCoin Posts: 5,346 ✭✭✭✭✭
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Recipient of the coveted "You Suck" award, April 2009 for cherrypicking a 1833 CBHD LM-5, and April 2022 for a 1835 LM-12, and again in Aug 2012 for picking off a 1952 FS-902.

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  • smokincoinsmokincoin Posts: 2,631 ✭✭✭
    Saving the best for last? imageimage
    BST items for sale
  • JustMe2JustMe2 Posts: 180 ✭✭
    When I was in high school back in the late 70's I was at the local coin store and the owner had just purchased a bunch of unopened 1953 through 1955 boxed proof sets. I collected pennies at the time and he let me open as many as I wished so that I could find the one with the nicest looking penny. I didn't care about the bigger more valuable stuff. I still have the both the 53 and 55 set today.
  • Mar327Mar327 Posts: 2,074
    Very nice details - too bad about that tarnish.
































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    Can't wait to see the rest - nice tease!
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  • SamByrdSamByrd Posts: 3,131 ✭✭✭✭
    wow, that top dime is a stunner purple and blue and greens. Nice , nice coin.image
  • RunnersDadRunnersDad Posts: 1,080 ✭✭✭
    Can't wait too see what awaits us. Those Roosies look nice!
    Mike

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  • johnny9434johnny9434 Posts: 28,138 ✭✭✭✭✭
    that aint none to bad
  • Halfhunter06Halfhunter06 Posts: 1,332 ✭✭✭
    wow, that aint bad
  • fcfc Posts: 12,793 ✭✭✭
    is it just me or is the strike on both coins sort of sub par for a proof?
  • CoinJunkieCoinJunkie Posts: 8,772 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>is it just me or is the strike on both coins sort of sub par for a proof? >>



    Mint set...
    My Roosevelt Dime Registry Set
  • SwampboySwampboy Posts: 12,958 ✭✭✭✭✭
    What do I see at the bottom of the torch of the first dime?
    Looks like something between pluribus and unum.

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  • fcfc Posts: 12,793 ✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>is it just me or is the strike on both coins sort of sub par for a proof? >>



    Mint set... >>



    doh. thanks for assisting me in reading comprehension tonight. i read mint set as
    proof set. I have no idea why that mint mark did not ring a bell right away.... Better
    lay off the sauce ;-)
  • stealerstealer Posts: 3,988 ✭✭✭✭


    << <i>is it just me or is the strike on both coins sort of sub par for a proof? >>



    It's not a proof set
  • djdilliodondjdilliodon Posts: 1,938 ✭✭
    I wanna see the franklins and washingtons!!!!
  • CoinlearnerCoinlearner Posts: 2,467 ✭✭✭✭
    image .................... image.......MAYBE..image..alittle steel wool for all that tarnish imageimage
  • BaleyBaley Posts: 22,660 ✭✭✭✭✭
    seems kind of like a scratched lottery ticket, the kind where you get your dollar back?

    Liberty: Parent of Science & Industry

  • IrishMikeyIrishMikey Posts: 1,561 ✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>

    << <i>is it just me or is the strike on both coins sort of sub par for a proof? >>



    Mint set... >>



    doh. thanks for assisting me in reading comprehension tonight. i read mint set as
    proof set. I have no idea why that mint mark did not ring a bell right away.... Better
    lay off the sauce ;-) >>



    You apologized too quick. Didn't let all of us have some fun first!image
  • ClosedLoopClosedLoop Posts: 1,077 ✭✭✭
    still waiting Utah, where's the rest of the set?
    figglehorn
  • baddogssbaddogss Posts: 1,276 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Where's the rest of the set?
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  • keetskeets Posts: 25,351 ✭✭✭✭✭
    if one side of two dimes is all there was then the set would probably have best been left sealed. that's what makes sealed Mint/Proof Sets a gamble; there are far more losers than winners. it's kind of like the sealed GSA furor that swept the forum/eBay several years ago. sellers were making a killing on sealed boxes when the probability was an 1883/1884-CC, yet the buyers were paying $400+ for them and there were no reports back of a nice score that i recall. in a strange way the only method to not take a bath was to leave the box sealed!!
  • coinfreak499coinfreak499 Posts: 1,720
    More, please!


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