Do You Ever Open Proof Sets?

If you're mainly just interested in the halves or the quarters I say bust them out and use the other coins to help get more halves and quarters. If you are wanting to keep the entire set though they should stay together.

I never have opened a proof set. The thought never crossed my mind.

First of all , every set since 1957 (ex '58 '12) have mintages well .... well in excess of a million, hardly rare and wonderous. All can be had for under $20 , most for under ten. In most cases, the coins separately sold, are with much much more than the set sealed in ugly plastic.

Secondly , not exactly endearing, as a new member, to insinuate that the advise given in this forum, is tainted. And our function here is to elevate the worth of our own collections by giving out bad advise to other members.

Yes and all the Prestige sets and all the premier sets and all the Legacy sets and all the LE silver sets. He was talking about proof sets, not special edition sets. I hardly think he is considering taking a hammer to a leather binder or a satin lined felt case. Everything you listed are a special edition sets that go anywhere from $30 to $600. Or pre 1956, which I wasn't talking about, which go for $60 to $1000's

It is hardly a leap, for myself and everyone else, to assume that he is not talking about opening a special edition set or a 1939 set that he paid $100's or $1000's of dollars for to get the quarters out. But in deference to your need for exact details, @Aseegz, you are not talking about taking scissors to the 1939 proof set you paid $1000 for or a hammer to the 2008 American Legacy set you paid $150 for or shears to the 1996 Prestige set you paid $270 for are you ?




No one said you were new to numismatic's ( I have only been a member here for 2yrs,yet have been collecting for almost 50yrs) my suggestion was that perhaps casting aspersions on the truthfulness of advise given by other members of a forum you have belonged to for less than a month, might not be the best way to endear yourself to your new "forum mates". But my bad, by all means, proceed.

FYI, I have opened many...many...many a proof set to get the coins inside for my albums. Including Premier sets to get the silver Kennedys and Prestige sets to get the Commemorative coins. While some day in the future, they may be worth large dollars, for now, they are a dime a dozen.

My procedure: open set, remove coins, insert in albums.

I have never sent a coin in for grading. I doubt I ever will.

I certainly don't think there is anything wrong with breaking up proof sets (I've done a couple so far myself). I just get squeamish seeing people put the coins in albums instead of something more secure. I remove anything (mint or proof) from a government set it goes into a fresh clean 2x2 and archival pages in a binder. I have coins I left in albums from 40 years ago and they obviously suffered from the experience. However coins I put in 2x2's 40 years ago, even though the 2x2 has discolored the coins still look the same as they did the day I sealed them in. Absolutely NO DANSCOS for me!

All but two of my Dansco albums are at least twenty years old, and the two oldest will be thirty years old this December.

Zero problems.

Of course, YMMV. How and where you keep them is very important.

The coins in my dansco's so far so good!! Definitly dont have the years under my belt my good friend Jbuck does but.. I do have some "album toned coins" my pride and joy is my mint set toned 1956 coins!! Awesome color!! Danscos for me!! I do the folders for the kid as he enjoys it cute to watch him stick a coin in!! But its all going to be a family collection hopefully passed on for generations to come!! 19 dansco's and counting!