Little Bored .. Thought I Would Break Open Some Proof Sets

If I do break open proof sets I do so to use them in my Albums and that would be the only reason. I also check them for errors or if I have a really nice coin maybe even for grading. But I have never tried that yet but I do have a few I've been considering.

TBJ let me try to explain why I break sets.
Number one reason, is to fill albums. I did pick up another Kennedy dansco recently, so some went in there.
Two, mint and proof sets are a very bad investment. As other members posted , the coins can be worth more if sold individually.
Three original packaging takes up too much space. Rolls fit into my safe much better
Four there are always some very nice toned coins that I like to 2X2 up ..I guess just to have.

If the extra coins do not fall into any of the above ... Then I take to the bank. This morning I dumped $100 of
Sac's, SBA's, kennedy's and othe proof and mint and satin coins.

GR58,
I guess those are valid points. I guess I'm still like Jbuck and collect all denominations. I haven't specialized yet, so I just seemed odd to me to take some and dump the rest, especially the proofs. Now I know how proof coins end up in circulation. I've found several proof halves, dimes and quarters over the years in various states of wear from pristine to only knowing it WAS a proof by the S mint mark. No nickels or cents yet, so they must be collected more.

Instead of dumping the proofs at the bank have you considered packaging them up by denomination and selling them in lots? You might not make a ton of money on them, but I'm just thinking of the coin's safety and well-being. If you sell them to a collector who will appreciate them for what they are, they will live a longer, healtheir, shinier life. At the bank anyone can pick them up and they'll say "ooh shiny" and give them to young Cletus to play with and shove up his nose. But it's a free country, for now, and you're free to do what you want with your coins.

One last question, where's your dump bank?

Why do I dump some of the coins?

I go back to .. how many of the same coin does one collector need.
For example - My Roosevelt dime dansco is full .. I have extra dimes boxed in 2X2's
at that point .. how many 1977 S (proof) dimes do you need. There are 10 in the above
pictures.

Just my extra coins add up to hundreds of dollars .. when I do dump the coins it is
when I want to buy other coins .. right now I am putting money into my 7070 gold page fund.
This will help me finish my gold page by mid december.

Looks like fun! I've walked into my local dealer's place and saw this on a few occassions. His main purpose was to make rolls to resell.

You could go to another dealer to sell those good dumps (cameos, proofs, high grades, satins, etc)

Then you would make money on it and you would reach the gold faster!

Hope you looked for type 2's on the susan b's heh....And I have boxes of broken up sets proof/mint 1950+ some go into sets to sell, rolls, individual resell etc. pretty much anything 1971-2000 has no real value...1957-1970 based off silver content....definitely look for toners though