Options
1953 Double Mint Set - New Photos!
Meltdown
Posts: 8,970 ✭✭✭✭✭
I just got these images back from @FlyingAl - I've been hounding him for about 6 months to have him photograph some of my more difficult coins to shoot.
I've been a fan of his photog skills for years around here.
I think he got this whole set perfectly.
(You can open the image in a new window and really blow them up)
I'll share some close-ups in a bit as well as some others he shot for me when I get some more time...
I bought this set from a coin shop in a super small township in Michigan while on a family vacation about a dozen years ago. Let me know what you think!
.
.
28
Comments
Very attractive!
My Collection of Old Holders
Never a slave to one plastic brand will I ever be.
I suggest you send each coin to our hosts. The originality of the coins I believe will provide a nice return on your invested funds.
One of the most incredible double Mint sets I've seen - very rare you see the silver that attractive!
No way I'd break up the set as suggested above. Dealers and collectors have been doing that to original sets for decades now.
So much so, that it seems finding a true original set these days is getting more and more difficult. Finding one with attractive color is even tougher.
Only 15,000 of these were produced in 1953. I can only wonder how many are still out there and intact.
Click on this link to see my ebay listings.
@Meltdown - that’s a fabulous set and I’m really glad you’re not thinking of breaking it up.
They look amazing you must’ve been so stoked to nab those seemingly out of know where while away with the fam!
What or how do you store them to prevent over cooking?
Just a box in my safe wrapped in a ziplock baggie. Stable for nearly 12 years now. I have a theory that whatever chemical was in that cardboard has mostly deteriorated. My other sets are unchanged too as far as I can tell.
Click on this link to see my ebay listings.
Cool, that’s good to know. Again, love that set.
@Meltdown, absolutely love the originality of your set. I’ve been collecting these original sets since the 1990’s, and like you, would never break them up for grading(or any other reason). I have been in discussions about the sulfur contained in the cardboard which most likely contributed to the different colors on the different metals and their reactions to it. Don’t know if your statement about the chemical reaction in the cardboard has mostly deteriorated can be substantiated. Anyway a beautiful original set that you have. Any other sets to show from your collection? I still own the 1951, 1955, 1956, 1957, and 1958 in original cardboards and envelopes. Zack.
I have the whole run from 53 to 58 with a couple of year duplicates. Like I mentioned, they're tough to find in both attractive and original condition and pretty expensive before 1953.
I have some really pretty 57 and 58 sets but no decent photos.
Click on this link to see my ebay listings.
@Meltdown, the colors on the 1956-1958 sets, if original are outstanding. Quite impressive having a run of ‘53-‘58 sets. Here are some pics of the 1951 P sleeve. And some of 1958 set.
:
Edit to note: pictures are rather lousy. These look white and washed out, as in hand look vibrant and pop.
The Franklins in those boards are awesome esp the 53D. These sets original and untampered with just become scarcer over time. Many have been broken up over the years in search of the "monster-toned" "FBL" Franklins. It's a toss-up to break up the set and submit a few for grading or to keep the set intact. I'd vote to keep it intact though, they're not making any more of these and most of what I see now on eBay are put-together crap with the money coins long ago swapped out.
Partial from a 58 set because my cell phone sucks for photos. Sexy Benji!
Gorgeous sets!