Should I Crack Open A US Mint Proof Case To Rescue Coins?

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Superhal Valued Member United States 315 Posts	Posted 10/03/2013 01:33 am I recently purchased a bunch of proof sets, 1970-1992, and under a magnifying glass, I found that while I tried to avoid obviously tarnished coins, other coins looked to be in danger of becoming damaged. Several coins inside the lenses have an oily substance on them or loose felt from the packaging. So far, the coins don't appear to be damaged, but if I act quickly to clean them, I might be able to prevent future damage. What should I do? My main goal is to keep the set together so I can sell it later. I have read around here about parting out sets when single coins get high enough in value. Would the set still have value uncracked but with one or more bad coins? Thanks in advance. Example of oils on 76 Eisenhower through plastic case: Edited by Superhal 10/03/2013 01:49 am Report this Post to the Staff

basebal21 Bedrock of the Community 13014 Posts	Posted 10/03/2013 02:05 am Check your 71 to see if the nickel is missing a mint mark and the 79 SBA for a type 2. Generally though those sets are very easy to come by so bad coins will hurt their value but it will still have some value. Cleaning the coins will hurt the value as well depending on what you were thinking with that. Report this Post to the Staff
sel_69l Bedrock of the Community Australia 21786 Posts	Posted 10/03/2013 03:35 am Keep the set unbroken and sell now. Get another set later! Report this Post to the Staff
CoinsKelly Pillar of the Community United States 3453 Posts	Posted 10/03/2013 07:19 am Quote: Would the set still have value uncracked but with one or more bad coins? In this case it would have lesser value to more buyers, IHMO. But there are people who like toned coins so if you were to sell, you might get market value. Value is what someone else is willing to pay for it no matter what any publications say. If you are keeping the sets for yourself and it bothers you, sel has an excellent suggestion. Report this Post to the Staff
Grey_squirrel Valued Member United States 51 Posts	Posted 10/03/2013 08:52 am Keep it in the case and sell Report this Post to the Staff
oih82w8 Pillar of the Community United States 7840 Posts	Posted 10/03/2013 1:09 pm Sell, sell, sell, but leave them intact. Report this Post to the Staff
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