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New Member
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My grandfather recently gave me his coin collection to catalog and sell. In it were a lot of 1964 mint sets, still in the manila envelopes and sealed in cellophane. The coins were kept most recently in a safe gun safe, in a garage, on an island in south carolina. I'm guessing the toning is a result of the salty humid air getting into the garage and finaly into the gun safe. The layout photo is a picture of all of the 1964 sets I received, and the bottom 2 rows all contain some sort of toning. There are a few quarters with a deep pink reddish tint, many nickels with a steel tint, and a few with a vivid rainbow toning. Also there are a few rainbow penny's, and one or 2 with golden tones. http://yfrog.com/6zdscf3396xj - mint set http://yfrog.com/3udscf3397kj - nickel closeup http://yfrog.com/judscf3403j - quarter layedout HTTP://img691.imageshack.us/g/dscf3404p.jpg/ - Group of Photos PCGS says retail is about 26 dollars for 1964 mint set. Wondering how much you guys think these tones sets are worth, I hear AT is a huge problem on ebay and I'm thinking people will realy go for the mint sets. Edited by Unlimited
06/09/2010 2:42 pm
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Pillar of the Community
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Don't ever go by PCGS, those values you are looking at are for THEIR graded coins. They are unrealistic.
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New Member
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So anyone have any thoughts on the toned coins, I pretty much know nothing about coins and any help would be greatly appreciated
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Pillar of the Community
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They look to be proof sets, are you positive they are mint sets?
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Pillar of the Community
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Maybe he just means "mint sets", as in sets that came from the mint. He is not a coin collector so it is easy to get them mixed up. They do seem to be all proof sets. I assume that is what P.C. stands for (proof coins) right?
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Pillar of the Community
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I would guess a 1964 Proof set in the original envelope would sell in the $17-18 or so range. Some of the toning looks to be nice and some people might pay a small premium for a nice looking toned set, but I don't think that adds much to the overall value.
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Pillar of the Community
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Maybe he just means "mint sets", as in sets that came from the mint. He is not a coin collector so it is easy to get them mixed up. They do seem to be all proof sets. I assume that is what P.C. stands for (proof coins) right?
Thats what I thought too at first then he quoted PCGS' price for mint sets. Just wanted him to be sure since PCGS lists the proof sets at $16 |
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New Member
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I guess they are proof sets, I assumed proof was the coins in hard plastic containers. Also I was thinking they were silver sets does anyone know just by looking at them?
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Valued Member
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yes the 64 proofs dime quarter and half would be silver
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Bedrock of the Community
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Proof sets came in hard plastic cases starting in 1968 and the sets through 1964 were all 90% silver for the dime, quarter, and half dollar.
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Valued Member
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I don't think the mint made Proof sets until '65. I have later proof sets in special hard plastic holders. Apparently there were some '64 proof sets around that came in a fancy blue folder and a certificate of authenticity saying "1964 United States Mint Silver Proof Set. These bad boys have proffered $20.55 on ebay. Something called "1964 Proof Set w/Accented Hair Kennedy half dollar" got $30. Correct me if I am wrong but I am under the impression that the cellophane sets offered by the mint in '64 are mint sets. They garner between $7 and $15 on ebay. |
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The mint made proof sets from 1936-1942 the again in 1950-1964 then again 1968-present
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Posted 06/09/2010 2:24 pm
