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anyone getting on deck for the 2010 silver proof sets?................

tahoe98tahoe98 Posts: 11,388 ✭✭✭
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08/26/2010 2010 United States Mint Silver Proof Set image
"government is not reason, it is not eloquence-it is a force! like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master; never for a moment should it be left to irresponsible action." George Washington

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    GritsManGritsMan Posts: 2,599 ✭✭✭
    I will almost certainly get one or two of these. I think they're gorgeous and enjoy looking at them again and again.
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    mbogomanmbogoman Posts: 5,346 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I've been on deck for months...it is one of my two subscriptions!
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    tahoe98tahoe98 Posts: 11,388 ✭✭✭

    ...i'm hoping they'll be better quality than the mint sets. AND it would be nice to find a variety/error! image
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    BochimanBochiman Posts: 25,790 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I'll buy a couple to keep things going.
    Just held off until these come up...going to be cheap again and get both proof set types, the mint sets, and some more spending money in the form of the direct ship bucks, so I only pay 1 postage fee image

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    chumleychumley Posts: 2,305 ✭✭✭✭
    I have every proof set from 1950 to date,why stop now?
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    tahoe98tahoe98 Posts: 11,388 ✭✭✭

    ...image
    "government is not reason, it is not eloquence-it is a force! like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master; never for a moment should it be left to irresponsible action." George Washington
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    ClosedLoopClosedLoop Posts: 1,077 ✭✭✭
    i'm in for two, what's the issue price this year?
    figglehorn
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    mrpotatoheaddmrpotatoheadd Posts: 7,576 ✭✭✭


    << <i>I have every proof set from 1950 to date,why stop now? >>

    I used to think that way, too, but I got better. image

    Seriously though- as long as you enjoy collecting the sets, what else matters?
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    MsMorrisineMsMorrisine Posts: 40,243 ✭✭✭✭✭
    this year's proof sets were much better than last year's.


    here's to hoping the silvers are the same.
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    You gotta have matched sets of clad and silver...image
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    nutmegnutmeg Posts: 345 ✭✭


    << <i>this year's proof sets were much better than last year's. >>


    Last year's must have been junk. Just opened two proof sets and both are going back. Just garbage with spots, hair and dirt embedded in the slabs.
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    BeeManBeeMan Posts: 365 ✭✭✭
    I will probably just get the silver this year. I am thinking about not getting any of them anymore and selling off all of the rest. I sold my '95 and '96 Prestige sets at the coin show in Boston earlier in the month.
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    BillyKingsleyBillyKingsley Posts: 2,661 ✭✭✭✭
    Last year's set was my first, I hope to be able to get this year's as well. I hope to eventually purchase the 2008 set as well to have the set of all the years I've actually been collecting,
    Billy Kingsley ANA R-3146356 Cardboard History // Numismatic History
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    richbeatrichbeat Posts: 2,288 ✭
    I'm in! And I'll be getting the regular proof set and mint set also. image
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    rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Yep.. I like the silver proof sets... Cheers, RickO
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    RebelRonRebelRon Posts: 544 ✭✭
    Yup! Get one every year,and a P&D roll of halves! image
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    tahoe98tahoe98 Posts: 11,388 ✭✭✭


    << <i>i'm in for two, what's the issue price this year? >>



    ... here you go. image
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    SwampboySwampboy Posts: 13,276 ✭✭✭✭✭
    One for a gift and one to look at and enjoy.
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    MsMorrisineMsMorrisine Posts: 40,243 ✭✭✭✭✭
    a subscription order has been generated.
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    cmerlo1cmerlo1 Posts: 8,079 ✭✭✭✭✭
    THat remids me- I need to get my subscription going again...
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    robkoolrobkool Posts: 5,934 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I will try to get the silver & clad proof sets, as well as the unc. mint sets all in one single order...
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    BillJonesBillJones Posts: 35,984 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Yep! Just as soon as my local dealer receives his group from the mint, I'll down there to buy them. He lets me mix and match for a fee which is more effective for me that playing the "let's see if I get a crappy Proof set lottery" that I used to play with the mint. I've gotten too many Proof coins from mint with fingerprints on the coins or foreign material in the holder. I’m not looking for PR-70 Ultra Cams, but I do expect to get PR-67 to 69 quality coins.

    I must say that I was most disappointed with the quality of Proof die preparation on the clad Proof sets I saw yesterday. There were lumps and circular patterns in the fields, especially on the presidential dollars, which WERE NOT post strike problems. There were also brown spots on the cents. The mint is not spending the time to make high quality Proof coin dies in many cases these days, and whatever they are using to clean the cent planchets these days is not working.
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    pitbosspitboss Posts: 8,643 ✭✭✭

    No, my mint and proof sets ended last year. Too expensive for me.
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    mbogomanmbogoman Posts: 5,346 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Interesting...on the Mint website, as of today my Silver Proof Set subscription shows up as my most recent order. The comment below it says "sold out". When I checked the status, it was "your order has been suspended" with an expected shipping date of 9/8. Lastly, my subscription no longer shows up on my subscriptions page. Weird system they've got there...
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    pmacpmac Posts: 3,189 ✭✭✭


    << <i>a subscription order has been generated. >>


    I went to the Mint Web site and couldn't find where to establish a subscription for silver proof sets. My wife says this is a disorder that happens at birth - "It's a boy!". Help is in order, please.
    Paul
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    tahoe98tahoe98 Posts: 11,388 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Yep! Just as soon as my local dealer receives his group from the mint, I'll down there to buy them. He lets me mix and match for a fee which is more effective for me that playing the "let's see if I get a crappy Proof set lottery" that I used to play with the mint. I've gotten too many Proof coins from mint with fingerprints on the coins or foreign material in the holder. I’m not looking for PR-70 Ultra Cams, but I do expect to get PR-67 to 69 quality coins.

    I must say that I was most disappointed with the quality of Proof die preparation on the clad Proof sets I saw yesterday. There were lumps and circular patterns in the fields, especially on the presidential dollars, which WERE NOT post strike problems. There were also brown spots on the cents. The mint is not spending the time to make high quality Proof coin dies in many cases these days, and whatever they are using to clean the cent planchets these days is not working. >>



    ...AND............. THEY RAISED THE PRICES!!!!!!!!image
    "government is not reason, it is not eloquence-it is a force! like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master; never for a moment should it be left to irresponsible action." George Washington
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    ObiwancanoliObiwancanoli Posts: 1,065 ✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>Yep! Just as soon as my local dealer receives his group from the mint, I'll down there to buy them. He lets me mix and match for a fee which is more effective for me that playing the "let's see if I get a crappy Proof set lottery" that I used to play with the mint. I've gotten too many Proof coins from mint with fingerprints on the coins or foreign material in the holder. I’m not looking for PR-70 Ultra Cams, but I do expect to get PR-67 to 69 quality coins.

    I must say that I was most disappointed with the quality of Proof die preparation on the clad Proof sets I saw yesterday. There were lumps and circular patterns in the fields, especially on the presidential dollars, which WERE NOT post strike problems. There were also brown spots on the cents. The mint is not spending the time to make high quality Proof coin dies in many cases these days, and whatever they are using to clean the cent planchets these days is not working. >>



    ...AND............. THEY RAISED THE PRICES!!!!!!!!image >>



    They raised prices for (among othe reasons) the increase in the price of Silver, over the same time last year, is up from $13.16/oz. to $18.34 today, an increase of 39% (or thereabouts). Granted no one likes an increase, but it's not likely you'd sell them (if you had to) for less than that. Even if it's a wash, there's something to be said for the collectability of the thing...
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    tahoe98tahoe98 Posts: 11,388 ✭✭✭

    They raised prices for (among other reasons) the increase in the price of Silver.

    ...true, but they raised prices on just about EVERYTHING and the quality still sucks. image me thinks there's NO excuse.
    "government is not reason, it is not eloquence-it is a force! like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master; never for a moment should it be left to irresponsible action." George Washington
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    Just recieved my silver proof set... Awesome!
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    Received my 2010 Silver proof set today. Returned same today. Debris on Roosie's face and on Grand Canyon quarter. The quality of coins ok but the packaging must have been done in a barn.image
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    << <i>Received my 2010 Silver proof set today. Returned same today. Debris on Roosie's face and on Grand Canyon quarter. The quality of coins ok but the packaging must have been done in a barn.image >>



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    MsMorrisineMsMorrisine Posts: 40,243 ✭✭✭✭✭
    mine seem to come with flakes of cardboard off the inserts.

    gotta pry em open to blow off debris.
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    19Lyds19Lyds Posts: 26,524 ✭✭✭✭


    << <i>mine seem to come with flakes of cardboard off the inserts.

    gotta pry em open to blow off debris. >>

    But.......But................But....................they take "pride" in their products!!!!


    Oh wait...........the packaging department is not a part of the US Mint! image
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    tahoe98tahoe98 Posts: 11,388 ✭✭✭


    Oh wait...........the packaging department is not a part of the US Mint! image >>



    ...yeah, but don't they talk??image
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    << <i>

    << <i>Received my 2010 Silver proof set today. Returned same today. Debris on Roosie's face and on Grand Canyon quarter. The quality of coins ok but the packaging must have been done in a barn.image >>



    image >>



    After further review, mine also has debris on Roosie's face.
    Gonna keep 'em anyway.
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    ObiwancanoliObiwancanoli Posts: 1,065 ✭✭✭
    Debris on one of the two sets I received this week. First time I actually sent something back, but one of them had to go.

    Dust, debris, blemishes, a scratch on one of the lenses, and a skidding scrape on another. There was a blemish on the Lincoln Cent, a ding on one of the ATB Quarters, and two of the Presidential Dollars must've been retrieved from the bottom of a bin...

    I'm hoping the replacement shows an improvement (hope against hope?)

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    tahoe98tahoe98 Posts: 11,388 ✭✭✭

    ...got mine today. very very nice! i saw a piece of lint here and there on some of the lens but no biggie.

    i did notice, just on the hot spring quarters reverse on ALL of the hot springs in the field on the reverses, what appeared

    to be weak snake-skin instead of deep mirrors. all the other quarters were deep mirror fields. anyone else notice

    this with their's? all the other denominations were deep mirror in all of the sets. image
    "government is not reason, it is not eloquence-it is a force! like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master; never for a moment should it be left to irresponsible action." George Washington

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