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Valued Member
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I could never bring myself to breaking up the mint packaging to put the proofs in an album. Just seems wrong in some way.
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Pillar of the Community
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I have felt the same way but viewing the set is cumbersome with the many proof sets and the mint packaging, not to mention the storage issues.
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Very nice!  Quote:
I could never bring myself to breaking up the mint packaging to put the proofs in an album. Just seems wrong in some way. It was very easy for me to do. I had to fill the holes and the proposition of buying coins I already had (in the proof sets) seemed wrong. But to each their own! |
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Thanks guys. Personally I LOVE proofs, of any kind. I view them as the pinnacle of coin making. The care and process needed to polish the dies, the efforts to prepare the planchets to the point they will take the strike the way intended. Just beautiful coins IMO.
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Valued Member
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love the look of proof coins next to the business strikes, I am on a tighter budget though and use roll searching for 95 percent of my coins
I think I would have a hard time breaking up proof sets too. I bought one from my birth year for my dansco 7070 but haven't gotten the album yet, so I don't know if I will break it until I get the album
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I have no probleam at all cracking a proof set. I like the albums, and it certainly is easier as far as viewing goes. And if I can snage the set, proof or mint, at a low price, then I will do that in a heartbeat. I have gotten a couple where two of the coins were worth twice the price I paid for the set. And the ones I dont use for books go into the rest of the collection or I sell them.
Now, its fun to watch my wifes face as she hears the sound of the plastic cracking. LOL
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And if I can snage the set, proof or mint, at a low price, then I will do that in a heartbeat. I have gotten a couple where two of the coins were worth twice the price I paid for the set. And the ones I dont use for books go into the rest of the collection or I sell them. Exactly. The sets typically sell for less than the total of the individual coins. |
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Nice Kennedys Smoker! I have a complete Dansco 7166. I might collect the proofs later after I win the lottery!  |
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I got a litleton yestreday 86-2001 and ll start to fill up the only problem I dumped all the halves lol ! Btw its only for P and D but you find a lot of proofs during your search so I for sure going to start a proof set also !
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Valued Member
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I could never bring myself to breaking up the mint packaging to put the proofs in an album. Just seems wrong in some way. Quote:
It was very easy for me to do. I had to fill the holes and the proposition of buying coins I already had (in the proof sets) seemed wrong. But to each their own! I agree. I have put together a business strike set and now working on the proofs. I too, have no problem breaking open a proof set to get what I need. Good example, I was at an auction the other day. Picked up both the 1995 and 1997 silver proof sets for $30.00 apiece. Simply cheaper than buying the individual half dollars. |
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I am assembling a silver issue only set of Kennedy halves in an old unused 1964 vintage Whitman album. This album was made in 1964 and has on the inside front cover a list of dates 1964, 1964-D, 1965, and 1965-D which makes sense since Whitman would not have known when they made this album there would be no coins in 1965, or '66 and '67, produced with a D mint mark. So far I have not yet had to pay more than $14.00 for any of the 90% silver coins. Of the early, 1964 - 1976 issues I need a 1969-D and the Bicentennial in uncirculated condition.    Ed ANA LM-3175 |
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Very nice guys. I absolutely love seeing other peoples albums.
Gyrene, check your messages.
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I agree, very nice to see so many examples! |
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United States
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Very nice coins but now I've got a question - seeing those coins from the Whitman 64-02 album, I couldn't help but notice that they only have one slot for the S-mint for each year from 1992 to 2002. Which means no need to get a 90% silver example to complete each year. Is this still the case for Whitman albums, and does this also apply to the quarters and dimes?
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Posted 08/30/2011 10:44 am
