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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I just bought a mint set run on ebay 1990-1998 (inc. W dime) for $59.95 and free shipping. How'd I do?  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
937 Posts |
You tell me. Do you like them? does it fill a void in your collection? Do they make you happy? If you answer yes to any one then you did good, if you answer yes to any two or more you did great. When I bought my two W dimes they cost the same as an ASE ($9.99) are they still on par? At less than $7 each How far wrong can you go? |
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Moderator
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Seems like a fair deal to me, but I am not a mint set buyer.
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Pillar of the Community
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4867 Posts |
I figured I'd save buying a set run vs. buying the sets individually and paying shipping on each one.
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Bedrock of the Community
 United States
12815 Posts |
Seems like an alright deal to me. I'm sure GR58 can tell you exactly what kind of a deal you got.  What are your plans with them? Crack them for albums or just leave as-is? |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4867 Posts |
They will be opened for my albums.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
717 Posts |
I have found that MOST runs like this for sale on ebay include a more desirable set packaged with run of the mill sets. Seems they want to move the lesser sets, so they package them with the desirable one. This said, it is an economical way for someone who needs all the sets anyway, and I made a similar purchase of proof sets a year ago when I started collecting. I think you did well! If you have a local shop, or can attend a show, looking through several mint sets of the same year can yield nicer coins, especially if your interest is in one particular series. If your primary interest is Lincoln cents, you can find the mint set that has the nicest cents, not worrying about the condition of the others. Just my thoughts after a year of buying proof and mint sets online. |
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I figured I'd save buying a set run vs. buying the sets individually and paying shipping on each one. Quote:
They will be opened for my albums. Agreed on both parts.  I said I was not a mint set buyer, but if I had to do it allover again, I would consider it. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I bought from davenders on ebay. Always have had good dealing with them. Plus they are based in southern MI and I am in northern MI and it doesn't take long for packages to arrive. The sets themselves are cheap anyways and if my lot has a coin that has a blemish it easily be replaced cheaply. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Quote:I bought from davenders on ebay. Always have had good dealing with them. +1 |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I like Dave as an online dealer for common stuff, like mint sets. You can save yourself some time and often some money by using his website, http://davescollectiblecoins.com/. To those who haven't been there, be careful: it's sorta laid out like a candy store. I've spent more than I intended on a couple of visits. Like grocery shopping on an empty stomach.  Then again, that isn't always bad [ Cheetos] |
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Pillar of the Community
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Most mint sets are mediocre except for a few specific dates like 1972 where they run fairly nice. This being said two mint sets out of three should have at least one gemmy or Gem coin in it. These are the ones you need to identify to see if they've been picked over. If you go through 100 sets and pull out all the sets with decent coins there will be 40 to 80 sets left depending on the date. A run of these leftovers will be very drab.
It's not very difficult to know if they've been cherried or not. If there are no Gems and no very gemmy coins then they have been picked over. Finding complete Gem sets is extremely difficult since it seems even the best sets will have a "clunker" or two. Before 1980 complete Gem sets are much more common than the odds would suggest, but '80 and later sets are no more common than the odds so are rarely seen. I believe they began packaging these by machine (fully automated) right about 1980.
Time don't fly, it bounds and leaps.
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11/06/2015 5:58 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4867 Posts |
Amazing, ordered the sets yesterday and they arrived today! Gotta love in-state shipping!
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United States
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Excellent. Let us know how they turn out. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4867 Posts |
There were 3 or 4 coins that weren't to my liking but overall they were fine.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
500 Posts |
Well then I'd say you did pretty good overall Good job! |
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