Double Mint Sets
TheRaven
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Why have these sets gone up so much in the last little bit, after not moving for what seemed like forever?
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What have you seen Raven...
The over all market up or just choice sets...?
I've all ways been a fan...
Currently Listed: Nothing
Take Care, Dave
I've never seen a nicer one and my poor photo's do not come even close to showing how pretty the silver pieces are.
Click on this link to see my ebay listings.
My friend Burl said he was the cause for them going up. He has got and has sold
a whole lot of them in the past few months. He deals only in original sets just like
the ones I collect with no bright white coins. All ways amazes me that a seller will
call and early mint set " Original " when the Franklin, Washington or another coin in
the set is really bright. When a coin in a set is like that I just move along because
there ain't no way that coin or coins have been in that cardboard and next to that
paper without toning. It's just like the proof sets in the cellophane envelops with a
rusty staple. There will be the soft plastic envelops with a nice bright staple and it
is called original and it's not.
The price pages are actually showing this.....
Nice sets above....
It is a same I only have a nice 58
$500+ for a 57 mint set!? I don't think you can call that the norm.
Is the grey sheet showing these dramatic increases?
I've been told I tolerate fools poorly...that may explain things if I have a problem with you. Current ebay items - Nothing at the moment
Upon examination, over the past eight months Grey Sheet has more than doubled in the later years and jumped 50% ish on the early ones. However prices have crested and dropped back a bit saying possibly the original bid "request" is nearly filled. This has brought some sets out of hiding though. At FUN I passed on over 80 original sets available just below the new bid because they were ordinary and bid prices are high. I would have bought a big fat pile at the old prices. In Baltimore a collector was wheeling around 150 stone cold original sets and wanted to sell them as a block. Most were later date (55-58). Though original and toned, they were not very pretty so I passed on the group after examining about 20.
Tried to buy one exceptional set at 3X bid at FUN but I was an hour too late in acquiring the cash.
<< <i>I've been stashing away original sets for a few years now. My pride & joy set is this 1953.
I've never seen a nicer one and my poor photo's do not come even close to showing how pretty the silver pieces are.
Meltdown,
That's a wicked 53'. If you haven't already, I would make sure that the toning around the edges isn't moving toward black, or on face side of the coins facing down that they are burning in the paper. I know 53 sets well and I"ve seen sets with amazing color on one side and pure environmental damage on the other. May be worth removing them from their boards for storage in a more inert presentation if that is the case.
Super set!