Posted 03/20/2013 4:11 pm
A little more than 10% of the mint set coins are small dates. Look at the bottom curl of the "9". if it comes up to be nearly horizontal it is the small date and if it points down toward the mint mark it's the large date. The first time you check a variety it's helpful to have both to compare.
Also keep an eye open for the S/S mint mark on the same coin. It appears in about 15% of sets.
The '70 mint set is interesting since there are so many potentially valuable coins in it and they haven't all been cherry picked.
Also keep an eye open for the S/S mint mark on the same coin. It appears in about 15% of sets.
The '70 mint set is interesting since there are so many potentially valuable coins in it and they haven't all been cherry picked.
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