US Mint Proof Sets

With a few exceptions, all of my proof sets met the same fate. They were broken apart and the coins placed in my Dansco albums.

But if you intend to keep them as sets, the advice offered here is good. Like albums, they are not air tight, so keep them in a stable environment (low humidity, stable temperature).

I bought most of my (now disassembled) sets direct from the mint, but this advice will only help you for future purchases. For older sets, I feel a coin show is the best source for finding older proof sets still in good shape.

I buy three sets each year, one to do a jbuck and break apart for my Dansco's, one to set aside in it's US Mint box (not shipping box, just outer box) put in an after market blue cardboard box for storing Proof sets, and one set to go in an Eagle brand proof set album https://www.eaglecoinholders.com/os...?cPath=21_29
so I can actually look at them and enjoy them without taking them in and out of their packaging and messing it up.

Thank you for all of the replies everyone. It's fun seeing who has what and how they're collecting.

@jgfindring, could you post a picture of your album? The concept's neat but on the link you sent me, their picture is about the size of a postage stamp.

I really like your set up for the proof sets, jgfindring. I am getting ideas over here, and sometimes that is dangerous (especially when on a tight budget).