Other than set completeness, am I really missing anything by not ordering a proof set this year?
Longacre
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I got a little mailer the other day from the Mint, informing me that the 2010 Uncirculated Set is now available. I have not checked, but I assume that the 2010 proof set is also available. I have been buying these sets for years and years, although there are certain years where I forgot to order, and therefore, my set has holes.
Over the weekend I was cleaning out my office at home, and I have a full self of these sets just stacked there, still in original mailing boxes, rather than in velvet-lined drawers. The value of the sets makes them worthy of a shelf rather than a numismatic cabinet.
How do people feel about the proof sets? Would I be missing anything by just ordering future dates that have significance to me (like to commemorate the year of a special event)? I have holes already, so the completeness factor is really not an issue. I just received the latest edition of the Whitman Guidebook to Proof Sets and it is spectacular, so I am a little torn.
What do people think about these sets?
Over the weekend I was cleaning out my office at home, and I have a full self of these sets just stacked there, still in original mailing boxes, rather than in velvet-lined drawers. The value of the sets makes them worthy of a shelf rather than a numismatic cabinet.
How do people feel about the proof sets? Would I be missing anything by just ordering future dates that have significance to me (like to commemorate the year of a special event)? I have holes already, so the completeness factor is really not an issue. I just received the latest edition of the Whitman Guidebook to Proof Sets and it is spectacular, so I am a little torn.
What do people think about these sets?
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--"Happy", by the Rolling Stones (1972)
Didn't wanna get me no trade
Never want to be like papa
Working for the boss every night and day
--"Happy", by the Rolling Stones (1972)
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Keeper of the VAM Catalog • Professional Coin Imaging • Prime Number Set • World Coins in Early America • British Trade Dollars • Variety Attribution
worthy of at least a purchase of one of each set. JMHO
Terry
<< <i>If you do not order one this year, you are missing the opportunity to commemorate the year of the Big One™. >>
I'd order two sets on that occasion....
...can't go wrong with the sliver proof sets imho.
<< <i>I think the redesign of the reverse of the Lincoln Cent makes the Mint Set and Proof Sets
worthy of at least a purchase of one of each set. JMHO
Terry >>
A "worthy" collectible, but I'm
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<< <i>I think the redesign of the reverse of the Lincoln Cent makes the Mint Set and Proof Sets
worthy of at least a purchase of one of each set. JMHO >>
By the same token, one could say this, along with the end of the 50-State-But-Wait-There's-More Quarters program provides sufficient closure to make this the perfect opportunity for breaking away from the annual purchase of habit.
Keeper of the VAM Catalog • Professional Coin Imaging • Prime Number Set • World Coins in Early America • British Trade Dollars • Variety Attribution
You're missing a great opportunity to whine and hack about the quality of these coins!
The name is LEE!
focus on producing a very consistently flawless product!
sooo to keep from seeing empty holes I have to continue.