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Valued Member
United States
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 I've gotten a lot of nice coins from ebay. I've also gotten a lot of overrated, damaged, cleaned, etc., coins off ebay. Always look at a seller's feedback, both the percent and the number of feedbacks. And always always always look for the seller's return policy. Anyway, welcome. You can learn a lot from hanging around these forums.  I have. |
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Valued Member
United States
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Hey Pilgrim....
(I always wanted to say that)
Welcome!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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there is no such thing as an unopened mint or proof set. the mint has never taken the time to seal the envelopes that was done by either the seller owner or humidity. but the mint has never sealed a single envelope
it is a scam thought up by an unscrupulous seller somewhere in time
Gary
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Valued Member
United States
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Please dont buy those unopened mint or proof sets since they trying to hide coins with bad spots or something wrong them. They can take an 6 dollar mint set such as 1971 mint set coins. Put them reproduction envolope say an 1955 and sale it for 75 to 125 bucks. In those auctions they offer no returns if they are opened. I made that mistake with those I bought before. My coins was tarnished or spoted in serval proof sets I bought like that before. I did later buy sets that was opened on ebay and got an good deal on them to replace the bad sets I bought. chevrolet454ss |
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Rest in Peace
United States
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I have quite a few proof sets from the 1960's, all came from the mint, I think for about $2.50 each (at the time I bought them), and none were sealed.
Edited by Gary Burke
09/02/2007 02:16 am
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New Member
 United States
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amazon, I was thinking about collecting all of the proof sets from the 50s, 60s & 70s, but have no idea yet how expensive that acquisition might be. Hopefully not in the crazy expensive range! Right now I have some Prestige sets from the 80s and 90s.
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Forum Mom
 United States
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Since these sets were originally shipped some sealed and some not, there is no way to know for sure if they have truly not been opened. Quite frankly, when I get any of these to sell, I open them so that I know what I'm selling. I don't think that purchasing coins should be a gamble. If I wanted to gamble, I'd go to Las Vegas.  |
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Moderator
United States
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If I wanted to gamble, I'd go to Las Vegas.
But Atlantic City is much closer, and you could stop here for a beer. Of course, being here is the precise reason why I don't gamble.... |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
651 Posts |
Hi Pilgrim, You made a great decision to start here. If you are interested then might I recommend your next step be to pick up a price guide like Red Book or Krause for around $15. Their prices may not be perfect but they'll give you a baseline for pricing. You can also search e-bay for completed auctions and get some price ideas there. BTW, cheerish what your Dad left even if you change collecting habits. It's not the $$ value he left but something much more. Good Luck, Ken |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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amazon, I was thinking about collecting all of the proof sets from the 50s, 60s & 70s, but have no idea yet how expensive that acquisition might be. Hopefully not in the crazy expensive range! Right now I have some Prestige sets from the 80s and 90s.
. Even though they're going to be the priciest, I would suggest that you start buying the ones from the 50's first. Those prices will increase more in the future than the ones from the 70's and 80's. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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As I always do I suggest you do NOT go to a coin store or use ebay unless there are no other sources available. Go to google, type in coin shows and the state you are in. Find a coin show to attend if possible. If you can find coin shows, ask, ask, ask every dealer there for what ever you want. Get to know them. Usually they will come up with what you want for a lot, lot less than ebay. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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ebay can be a good place to find items. But you may have to wait a while to get it at the price you want. If you set a price you are willing to pay, you can find it somewhere for that price or less. Even on ebay!!
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Here is something. pilgrimsoul, if you look to the far left of your 1st post it states 4 posts. Then for every additional post it still says 4. I never looked there before but since you said this is your 1st post I thought I'd look.
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New Member
United States
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I don't know what your finances are but I bought the proof run from maja-maja on ebay several years ago and they were all nice coins. I think the run was from 1955-2002. He still offers them as well as the mint set run from about the same years. Good luck |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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there is no such thing as an unopened mint or proof set. the mint has never taken the time to seal the envelopes that was done by either the seller owner or humidity. but the mint has never sealed a single envelope
it is a scam thought up by an unscrupulous seller somewhere in time
Dead on! However, when my Grandfather gave me his collection, about 80% of his were sealed due to different humiidty exposures over many, many years. Most were still in the sealed, original mint shipping boxes! I love my Grandfather!  Edited by BadThad
09/03/2007 10:41 pm
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