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I have looked everywhere for these sets and can not find what they are worth anywhere. They are not even listed in the Red Book. What the heck? Anyone with superior coin knowledge care to assist? Thanks!    Edited by dmott88
12/03/2011 12:51 pm
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this is straight from the Red Book "no official uncirculated mint sets were produced in 1950,1982,and 1983" what you may have are souvenir sets though. hope this helps. just out of curiousity why does it look like the dates on the envelopes are marked through and why is the date wrote in pen? also for some reason my eye catches those packs that they are packaged in it doesn't look right to me.as far as I know I've never seen 2 cents packaged together like that on the top one,I believe it may be a fake but I'm no expert. Edited by awgheadhunter
12/03/2011 11:57 am
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a quick search only turned up proof sets for those years, I am still looking UPDATE - guess the answer is in the post above, none were made  Edited by Fuzzy317
12/03/2011 12:11 pm
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The Mint produced "souvenir" sets for those two years. These sets contained not a plastic token, but a dollar-sized metal one. There were aftermarket, privately-produced sets created and packaged by third parties; these were the ones which included plastic tokens. Such as the ones presented here.
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Well from doing a little looking into them, I understand them to be an aftermarket coin set. They produced an 1982 & 1983 Souvenir set with a dollar size medallion in them at both Philly and Denver. These both appear to have a plastic coin medallion in them.
As far as a price not sure of that. I do know that the 1983-P quarter is a better date fetching like $2.00 or less in good and $7+ in ms or so FMV has it listed.
I am sure there are others with way more info than I have on them can give you a better idea.
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I agree with the above post. Souvenir sets sold in gift shops.
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They are not souvenir sets or after market sets. The dates you saw that were marked and written in pen are on a sticker then the other normal text is typed on the left. They have COAs and are not after market sets. I will post them now so you all can see. I appreciate the input but I know they are not souvenir sets.
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The Two Cents in the 82 are one zinc on copper |
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Do some research on Krause Publications. I think you will find your answer to where these sets came from.
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Krause put these out in lieu of official mint sets. The coins themselves are worth more out of the 3rd party wrapper- especially in higher MS grades. You will get between $30 and $40 per set on ebay. US mint souvenir sets sell for about $40-$60 per mint with 83 being more scarce. |
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Thank you for the information. So if I was to sell these do would you recommend keeping them together or breaking them up individually. I hate to destroy the set.
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I remember similar sets from my first try at coin collecting a a kid.
They used to offer a free "uncirculated year set" with a paid subscription to whatever coin magazine.
I have a few of those
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It does indeed. Thank you for your time!
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I'm sorry. I was confused, these are the Krause sets.
'82 quality is superb and '83 quality is good. These are about the only source for gem '82-P quarters.
Just disregard the rest of this post. It applies to the sets with the SOL medal.
There were various manufacturers and I believe these came from some outfit out west. These guys were the only ones who continued production after 1983 right upuntil 1987 when the mint set only half dollar forced them out of business. Remarkably sales were increasing right up through 1985 for these guys but '86 was something of a bust. The quality of their '82 sets is fair, '83 is good, '84 is substandard, and '85 is good. These are the only source for Unc 1985-P sm bust Philly quarters. There are also a few '84-D small motto reverse quarters in the sets. Packaging is good to stable... ...better than the mint.
I'd pay around $20 for an '82 set blind and about $40 for the '83 for this type. Gems of many of these coins are scarce and can be quite valuable.
Time don't fly, it bounds and leaps.
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12/03/2011 10:56 pm
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I won't say they have no collector value - that's up to the collectors to decide, and I can easily see a case to be made - but they're not "official."
I suspect they're marketable, though.
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