1969 S First Proof Set!

Why did you choose it for your first? and I will I was hoping to find the DDO Lincoln Cent but I think it's only an rpm with Machine Doubling. And suggestions what my next one should be?

Don't have a '69 Proof Set personally but I do have the entire 60's Mint Sets and they look really nice.
Fine choice of a '69 Proof Set to get started with, and I agree almost certainly not worth grading the individual coins.

Fantastic!

1969 was the my first proof set as well. Why? Because I was born in 1969.

The lens had an ugly crack in it when I got it at age 11, so mine ended up being cracked open. The coins now reside in various Dansco albums.

I gifted another 1969 set several years ago. This one is in much better shape and shall remain intact.

It certainly makes me happy.

Indeed! Enjoy the ride!

https://www.numismedia.com/rarecoin...of=b&plus=no

Unless you have one of the errors, it's really not worth grading any of them.

ANACS used to have a co-service with OSV (https://www.osv.expert/), but I'm not seeing it on the website any more. OSV verified the set was original and then ANACS put the whole thing in a plastic slab.

Otherwise, you will end up with six "random" coins with adjacent certificate numbers and no other "proof" they're related.

And generally, the economics aren't there. If you submit a six-coin set to PCGS or NGC even at economy rates, it will run you $17-$23 per coin valued up to $300, $30-$40 per coin valued up to $2,500. $102 - $240 plus shipping and insurance. And add the $9 FMV of the set.

Even if you got spectacularly lucky and the quarter grades PF69DCAM, finest known, it's got a market value of under $300. The rest will be worth under $30 each.

$150 cost, 6x$30 = $180 value after grading.

I had a friend who used to make his living as a coin dealer cherry-picking old sets, sending the best coins off to be bulk graded (there is a discount for sending in 100 coins at a time, but you must have 10 or more of each type, so he sat on a lot of inventory to get to those numbers), and then selling them at coin shows. But he made that living clearing $5, $10 a coin. And the business dried up when he had seen every set in a 300-mile radius and couldn't get enough fresh material to sustain the business.

Just put it aside and enjoy it as is.

That's a good-looking set, congrats!

Just remember to breathe!

I agree - it is a very nice set, and congrats of your first proof set.