Good Deal On Kennedy Proofs?

The more recent proofs are the expensive ones. 2010-2015 are $10-15 each minimum. That's about 1/3 the price of the 43 coin set you mentioned above. http://www.ebay.com/itm/2010-2014-S...em20f4265d29

70s and 80s you can get for $2-3 each. If you just bought decade sets up to 2009, you could do it for about $25-35 per decade. Might be easier to bite off $30 a month for a decade set vs $200 all at once. I might look for deals on the individual coins past 2009.


I guess to answer your question directly, I don't think that's a bad price, but it's pretty much market price. You could buy the coins in smaller lots and pay the same overall.

@GR58, clad proofs only in this auction. Good question/clarification there. Thanks.

Here's the auction link I was considering:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1971-2014-S...em20f50f56f1

@tkblsc, the auction above is the by the same seller as the ebay auction you listed.

@smokerider... yeah, I am a little concerned that these will be the reject pile from this seller breaking proof sets for grading.

All this is is why I am requesting the sage advice of the esteemed CCF constituency. Please keep the advice flowing.

Ah, Dave Enders. I have purchased from him before. He has a solid rep and I have heard no major complaints about his stuff. No minor ones for that matter. I would be confident in pulling the trigger on this one.

I bought some empty proof sets boxes from him after a bad cat incident. He seems to specialize in breaking out proof sets. Must have the worlds shiniest pocket change.

I know it costs more, but here's a thought... I bought all my modern
coins via Mint sets and Proof sets. Think about it for a second... You
get all your coins, for each year, still in the packaging, without worry
of someone damaging a coin breaking it out (until you do it yourself!).
You get all the coins, and usually the sets are cheaper than buying all
as singles. This way, when the day arrives that your JFK set is a memory,
and you suddenly decide to put together a set of dimes (for example), you
already have all the dimes! You'll thank yourself for buying all the sets.
Finished the dimes now, and craving a nickel set? Oh snap! You have all
the nickels stashed away already! You thank yourself once again for buying
sets! LoL... Just a thought, it might be something that makes sense.

That's a thought for sure, ratio411, and a good idea as I am indeed collecting dimes, nickels, etc. too.

Funny thing is I actually have mint sets going back to the early 90's. I can't bring myself to break the OGP though. Maybe I'll see if I can get a lot on ebay and use those for filing album holes instead of breaking up the ones already have. At first glance it looks like I can get some of the earlier mint sets for a pretty good deal. For example, the same seller has a 1968-1998 run of proof sets for not much more than the halves are going for.