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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Like many others I too break out coins from proof and mint sets. Why pay someone else that did the same.
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Moderator
 United States
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Why pay someone else that did the same. I agree.  |
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Valued Member
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Silver sets we break apart all the item, expecially when the whole set isn't nice and resalable
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I agree with Fuzzy, best way to find nice coins is to pull them from Mint Sets. When selling later date Mint Sets, most dealers will only pay face value when buying them so might as well use them to complete your late date sets.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
613 Posts |
Cut away. Keep the ones you intend to sell intact within their section of the packaging.
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Valued Member
United States
318 Posts |
Bump! Great topic as I have mixed feelings for the Mint Sets I personally purchased in the 70's and 80's -- I don't think I have the proper emotions to cut those up just yet.
If anybody has a strong opinion on reason to not cut up mint sets, let me know. I have around 100 sets I recently purchased, sitting on my desk. The scissors are sitting nearby.
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Rest in Peace
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What would be they reason you want to cut them up? They don't sell that great either way, well at least I can't get squat. I got a complete set 1968-1998 for my own collection upgrades, and all the extras have been trying to sell off... Tough crowds out there!
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United States
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If anybody has a strong opinion on reason to not cut up mint sets, let me know. I have around 100 sets I recently purchased, sitting on my desk. The scissors are sitting nearby. All you need now are the appropriate Dansco or Whitman albums to fill.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Cut them up and soak the coins in 91% alcohol or acetone or they'll all tarnish soon.
Some of these dates are among the worst for tarnish (especially the '71 and the '70).
A lot of moderns are going to be tough in nice and pristine condition because no rolls were saved and mint set coins are all being lost.
Time don't fly, it bounds and leaps.
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Valued Member
United States
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It was 1974, I remember the day my grandfather was telling me to never cut up mint sets. He died two years later. So my perspective was more old-school. His advice stuck until about 5 months ago when I cut up some of the sets he gave me. Will do the acetone dip as some of these coins do feel like something is on the surface. My disappointment is that I waited all these years and only recently discovered how horrible many of these coins are inside the sets. I am finding some really nice stuff too but just pointing out my opinion has changed on what the Mint was selling to collectors.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Cut them up and soak the coins in 91% alcohol or acetone or they'll all tarnish soon. @cladking: How long would you recommend soaking them, and what would be the best method to dry them? |
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United States
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I've always been leery about taking coins out of the mint cello figuring that if I changed my mind and later wanted them sealed it was too late. Yesterday I got a Kennedy half dollar that I needed for my set and it arrived in the cello. I cut it out and added it to my collection and probably won't think twice about doing it again. I have a few mint and proof sets from the 50's and 60's but those I wouldn't even consider cutting up. Those I want to keep intact. So I guess I'd be OK liberating individual coins someone else separated, but I'd have to keep original intact sets together. That's just the way I feel about my coins but I can understand others wanting to open them also. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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@cladking: How long would you recommend soaking them, and what would be the best method to dry them? If they have no tarnish then a few hours to one day should be ample. If they are tarnished already then soak them until they aren't for up to about three days. It might take multiple soaks but if they aren't OK after three or four attempts then it will require stronger measures. These stronger measures often ruin the coin. I rinse them in warm water and lay them out on a towel to dry them. Gently pat them dry and then flip them and gently pat again. It breaks my heart to see what's happening to these coins. There were already far too few nice attractive specimens of most dates and now they are all going bad one at time. Time don't fly, it bounds and leaps.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Thank you cladking! I will do that with some mint sets I've been meaning to break open. This sense of urgency should motivate me to actually crack them out this time.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I'm kinda partial to the saying that at times "...the parts are worth more than the whole." With modern US mint sets I firmly believe this is appropriate. Break 'em out!
KK
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