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GO Moderator United States 6563 Posts	Posted 04/20/2007 10:38 pm Hey Guys Not sure if this has been asked before. I see a Lot of uncirculated mint sets getting a higher value then a proof set. Are the demands for proof sets not as great that would warrant a better supply/demand for an uncirculated set? Thanks! Report this Post to the Staff

chrycopaul Pillar of the Community Canada 1106 Posts	Posted 04/21/2007 12:57 am It is much harder to get a higher quality coin from an uncirculated set than it is from a proof set. Proof coins are intentionally struck and handled for optimal appearance, where uncirculated coins are not held up to those kinds of standards and are therefore harder to come by in the upper grades. Report this Post to the Staff
Metalman Pillar of the Community United States 7123 Posts	Posted 04/21/2007 03:31 am I agree with chrycopaul some of it has to do with the individual coins from mint sets ,, but there are also other variables in the pricing of some mint sets ,, and that is actual production numbers ,, less supply = more demand=higher prices . Metalman Report this Post to the Staff
texasmick Pillar of the Community United States 751 Posts	Posted 04/21/2007 10:24 am Another factor for certain mint sets is that there are twice as many coins. Report this Post to the Staff
littleboy Pillar of the Community United States 764 Posts	Posted 04/21/2007 7:22 pm since 2005, uncirculated mint set coins are made differently than regular business strikes. they're struck with more pressure and have a noticable frosted appearance. Report this Post to the Staff
Conder101 Bedrock of the Community United States 17884 Posts	Posted 04/22/2007 04:01 am quote: I see a Lot of uncirculated mint sets getting a higher value then a proof set. Are the demands for proof sets not as great that would warrant a better supply/demand for an uncirculated set? You have it backwards. the proof sets tend to be much more popular, so more of them get ordered when they come out. Then later when people start looking for the mint sets in order to get quality P and D coins they find that the sets are scarcer and they have to pay more money in order to acquire them. Report this Post to the Staff
djluster Pillar of the Community United States 1327 Posts	Posted 04/22/2007 11:59 pm I think the main reason is that alot of people break them up to make sets. I know last week I was in the coin shop and that was what the dealer was doing. he had a guy who wanted a set of UNC Kennedy half dollars so he was going through and cutting them out of the mint sets. He said it was easyer for him to find them that way and plus the buyer know they are UNC. I have done that a few times as well. So I think the value might go up even high in the next 10 year as more collector break up sets. Report this Post to the Staff
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