Disappointing Quality Of 2015 Uncirculated Sets

Not at all true. The coins for the Mint sets are struck slower and at higher pressures. They are also not put through the same sorting and dumping and all that jazz that normal circulated coins go through.




Under the new system they do not send replacements. They simply refund your money. You have to do a completely new purchase. The refund is not at all tied to any other transactions.

My sets were pretty good. Not perfect, but not awful either. I sent back a couple last year. This year they went into the Danscos.

Yes, they do go through SOME sorting, just not the extent the regular circulation coins do.

After reading through this thread, I opened my 2015 Mint Set and it is fine. No marks as described in the OP.

I have to admit, the retro Kennedy half dollar design looks great in this set. Not to mention that there are 4 Kennedy coins in this set too. The (2) half dollars and the (2) $1 presidential coins.

What a bunch of cry babies. The uncirculated coins, even those for mint sets, were never produced at the high standard of the proofs yet you all are micro examining them to the nth degree and whining about the poor quality. Well get over it. You are never going to get any better than what you got. You could send them back for replacements but all you will get is different sets of the same quality.

Gyrene7483, no need to call names. Given what the mint charges for mint sets (their actual profit is what they charge minus the cost to manufacture and has nothing to do with the face value of the coins), they should do a significantly better job of handling the coins to prevent contact marks. The fact is they would have to significantly improve if they were in a competitive situation, so I just don't accept the monopolistic take it or leave it attitude.

I've never bought or looked at any set (or ordered anything directly from the US Mint)

(nvm, I found the link, ty) I was looking at rolls of ATB Proof .900 quarters which I was going to get for the silver plus proof/collectible value; cheaper than 64's for proofs. I just worry that a person that doesn't have much knowledge would never believe they were .900 since most people go with the 64 and prior.

Idk, I've never collected sets by year but I wouldn't mind sparking my interest so I'm not just stacking silver every month :P

Do they end up having high re-sale value or is it more of a thing to get every year for the fun of it? I thought buying from the US Mint directly you would end up paying double for most things.

Pardon my "noob" questions; I'm trying to find more than just silver to collect and seeing what's out there. I do want to collect mainly older coins for myself though, but I'm wondering what I could buy that would gain the most re-sale value right now.


Edit: looks like those 2015 mint sets are on ebay for around $33 total, and that's for 2 sets. Hmm the link I have on the US Mint site is the same price for 1 set of proofs. Lol I'm confused. I'll spend some time tonight looking what's out there, I have way too many questions!

You sound like you fit your name. Must be a DI.

Well then do not order any uncirculated sets because the Mint does have a monopoly on the manufacture of then whether you accept that fact or not.

The Mint will not change how they have handled uncirculated coins for decades just because the new age collectors are so selfish in thinking they deserve better. Well, they don't deserve any better than the collectors of the 1950's through the 90's. The major difference of years past and now is attitude. In the past workers took pride in doing their job and there was a certain amount of care in handling the coins, now it's just a job and as long as it gets done that's all they care about.