Proof/Mint Set questions

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• llafoe Posts: 7,220 ✭✭

  March 24, 2011 11:18PM

  I doubt a B&M would pay well for modern proof sets (unless they're silver, then probably would pay melt). Most B&Ms probably have a surplus of modern proof sets in inventory.
  
  eBay would probably yield a higher sales price... however, your net may be the same. Your best bet may be the BST.

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• TomB Posts: 22,080 ✭✭✭✭✭

  March 24, 2011 11:18PM

  If you attempt to sell the low value sets individually on ebay your friend will get hammered with fees and postage as a relative percentage of sales. In my opinion, for the great majority of these sets you will be lucky to get 80% of Greysheet bid.

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• ricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

  March 25, 2011 12:19AM

  TomB has stated it well... a very sad truth - which is one of the reasons I have stopped buying from the mint. Cheers, RickO

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• GaCoinGuy Posts: 2,775 ✭✭✭✭

  March 25, 2011 12:27AM

  
  
  << <i>If you attempt to sell the low value sets individually on ebay your friend will get hammered with fees and postage as a relative percentage of sales. In my opinion, for the great majority of these sets you will be lucky to get 80% of Greysheet bid. >>
  
  
  
  That's what I'm thinking too. I don't know if any are silver sets. He didn't specifically mention it, so I am assuming they are all clad. Personally, I was thinking he may come out better if he does them as a date-run lot for the lower valued sets, then individual for the rest.
  
  
  Are there any varieties to look for, asides from the various no-S, the 1970 large/small date, or the Type1/2 from 1979 etc?

  
  
  

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• GaCoinGuy Posts: 2,775 ✭✭✭✭

  March 25, 2011 12:30AM

  
  
  << <i>TomB has stated it well... a very sad truth - which is one of the reasons I have stopped buying from the mint. Cheers, RickO >>
  
  
  
  Me too. Just got to where it was cheaper to wait a few years after release to get the ones I want, especially for the clad sets.

  
  
  

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• kevinstang Posts: 1,521 ✭✭✭

  March 25, 2011 1:30AM

  You would also want to check for close AM's on the 98 and 99 Lincolns- the 98 is pretty rare. The're just the opposite of the error people are more familiar with- the wide AM's. In this case the proof coins got the circulation style reverse where the AM in America touch.

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• GaCoinGuy Posts: 2,775 ✭✭✭✭

  March 25, 2011 9:43AM

  Thanks for the info.

  
  
  

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