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Valued Member
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Very, very nice! Thanks for sharing.
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Rest in Peace
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Congratulations goldrush! Very nice looking set!
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Pillar of the Community
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That's awesome!  It's amazing how much different the silver proofs look from the clads. |
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KenKat
The silver proofs really are different. When I break them out of the plastic mint holder, white gloves on, it is like holding something magical .. to me the silver proof are very special.
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wow! this makes me want to try this out too. Not sure if I can drop $500 though =)
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Bedrock of the Community
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needgames4lyfe
Buying a complete set in the $500 to $600 range can be different than putting your own together. I am not sure how much I have into this, I would have to check through my records. I know I paid $150 for the books (that were half filled) and today I got the 2002 silver set for $55. The 1999 proof silvers I found for $10.00 each, which a really good deal. If you had to buy the 1999 silver proof set, it alone could easily be high $200 to low $300's. I had some duplicate clad and silver proof sets so that helped me there.
The thing is you don't have to do a set all at once, you can take your time and try to find the best coins at a good price... even if it takes years. Most people think the silver proof quarters are very under priced .. so I don't think sets like these are going to get any cheaper to put together.
And it never ends ... once you get it done you can always be on the look out for better coins to upgrade.
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Pillar of the Community
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I'm working on this Dansco right now too ! ....  And WOW !! .... That is a fantastic lookin' Set there my friend ! ... I need only need the Silver Proofs from 2006, 2005, '03, '02, '01, '00, and '99.....got everything else ! I can't wait to get mine completed ! (Esp. after seeing yours !) |
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I wish I had started buying the silver proof sets back in 1999 when I started buying the clad sets....  |
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Bedrock of the Community
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Thanks Eaglefoot
Good luck getting yours filled, sounds like your getting close
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Valued Member
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thanks for the advice goldrush! I think maybe when school is over I will roll search quarters and try to get a collection.
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Great looking set ..... well done I say!
Perhaps I will tackle this someday?
David
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I only need a few more State Quarters to find to complete my set of circulated ones. I am planing on starting the silver proofs and proofs next. Can I, or should I buy these without the plastic case? Does it change the value much? I will be putting these in a Dansco album. Edited by Wornslick
04/17/2010 08:45 am
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Bedrock of the Community
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Thanks again all ..
Wornslick
This is a hard question to answer. It would depend on what else you are collecting or may plan to collect. If you are planning to collect silver quarters only, then I would buy which ever ones I could find at the best price.
For years 2005 thru 2008, the mint sold a set that just had silver quarters. These are very reasonably priced, I think around $20. For my 1999 silver quarters I bought all 5 loose/seperate, my local dealer gave them to me cheap at $10 each.
There is a point where if you are collecting more than just quarters, it might be wise to purchase the whole proof or mint sets to fill all the slots in the different books. I have the current cent, nickel and quarter albums, this week I will order the dime, half and Ike albums. If you are planning on doing something like this then buying the complete sets might be your "best price" way to go.
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Thanks GoldRush58, I am planing on just the state proofs and silver proofs like you did. Just checked out the US Mint site and it looks like I can buy the District of Columbia and US Territories for 29.95. I just didn't know how having the case would affect the price. I will look around and see if a better price than that is available. I would love to find the 1999's for $10.00 a piece after seeing what they are asking for the set.  |
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