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Pillar of the Community
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Do NOT clean them with anything...ever.
50's mint set toning is some of the prettiest natural toning and commands a premium. ....and this is from a person that does not particulary care for toned coins, because the toning always hides issues in terms of grading.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Those are amazing and quite valuable in that condition! Awesome coins and the possibilities of errors and variety coins wow what a cool thing your dad did! Super awesome!
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Valued Member
United States
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Yes, those are extremely nice!
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Valued Member
United States
456 Posts |
I wouldn't try to clean those at all. It's a beautiful mint set.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Keep them just as they are....No Cleaning as the others have said. I agree with rupester 500%. Check em for errors and varieties. Plus toned coins if nice looking sell for a premium ...Many collectors such as myself love em. Good luck in whatever you decide to do with them.
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Valued Member
United States
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Those sets are a treasure, especially with the intact original packaging.
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Valued Member
United States
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This! Quote:
Those sets are a treasure, especially with the intact original packaging.  |
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New Member
United States
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hi - I'm trying to figure out how to tell if the mint / proof sets from the 40's and early 50's in plastic cases offered on ebay are really FROM the original u.s. mint and proof sets..... i see many U.S. mint and proof sets offered on ebay in "plastic" holders... my concern, is whether these coins have been cleaned or not.... sure, they all "LOOK" really nice" but I can't tell on an individual coin by coin basis, if someone originally preserved them that way something else? appreciate any opinions? thanks! |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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The 1940s/50s coins you see for sale in a hard plastic case might be from an original Mint or Proof Set but there is no guarantee of that and no way to verify it, you have to treat it as a privately assembled set. As far as cleaned or not, you would have to evaluate them on an individual basis as no generalizations can be made.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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1954 Mint P-D-S
$550
1955 Mint P-D-S
$313
1956 Mint P-D
$300
1957 Mint P-D
$481
1958 Mint P-D
$313
Above are Numismedia values for original US Mint Sets in original packaging and not cleaned or tampered with.
If you get the hand assembled sets in Capital Plastic type holders the values are probably less than 15-20% of that even in mint state uncirculated.
Cleaned, even less.
Where do I remember reading that early mint sets actually had two of each coin?
This would be important, seems I read that someplace. These are quite scarce.
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New Member
United States
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hi - thanks for that update - my main concern, is on these hand assembled sets (and virtually ALL the proof sets I've seen on ebay from the 40's through the 50's ARE in these plastic cases) - how do I verify if they were in fact, FROM an original mint set or merely put together as found, with what could very well be a less than expert grading opinion..... in other words - is there a way for me to easily tell from a picture if these coins in these sets have been cleaned, or dipped or are actually the "originals" only supposedly carefully "preserved" in these plastic cases? anyway - thanks much! |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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No you can't tell if they were originally from the US mint package or hand assembled. This is a case of the original mint packaging adding to the collector value of the set. On the other hand, if you could find an empty US mint set holder with no coins in it, it would have substantial value by itself and adding the correct uncirculated coins to it could be done and nobody might be able to tell the difference. The fact that was pointed out that these original coins have attractive toning when they are found in original US mint set packages of that era, might be hard to duplicate. So they are best just the way they are. Look on ebay for a 1954-1958 US mint set that is original. You'll see a big difference in prices and there's good reason for that. Your cardboard holders are worth money too. Look at the value of this one 332248957748 and notice yes, they are complete when there are two coins from each mint in the set, now that I look at it. Each folder has two of the same coins that were minted that year from each mint that made coins. This ended at some point later but early US mint sets were like that. Compare the value to several hand made sets in plastic. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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You can buy Capital Plastic Holders empty as many do. The mint only started using hard plastic cases for Proof sets in 1968 I think. US Mint sets have never been put in plastic hard cases except for 66 and 67 special mint sets as far as I know. You need to look at this link here and understand the difference between a mint set and proof set. All you need to know is there I think. Click on a date! Pictures and info in there. Mint Sets https://www.coincommunity.com/us_mint_sets/Proof Sets https://www.coincommunity.com/us_proof_sets/Edited by TNG
06/30/2017 3:11 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I had 1947, 48 and 49 mint sets in the OGP about 20 years ago. I miss them terribly!
I told the guy that I sold them to to name his price when he gets ready to sell them! As usual, he ain't ready to sell!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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 Ed Those are very nice sets to own! @westernsky...I would miss them terribly as well. I only wish you had sold them to me.!  |
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