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Valued Member
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I don't know if the packaging these 1965 coins are in is unique-ish or not. In my history of collecting things, they're often valuable for unexpected reasons. Things like the box being more valuable than the item inside. I've got several of these coinage sets from 1965. They look to be cardboard inside of vinyl. Are these neat, or do they have all the purchasing power of their face value? (I do know there is a little silver in the half, and I'm not going to spend them) Thanks!   Edited by Coconice
02/12/2017 3:35 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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It is worth a little less than the silver in the half dollar plus the face value of the rest of the coins. I would value the set at $2.50
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Bedrock of the Community
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 to CCF! I've never seen this packaging before but I'm sure someone here has. It's an interesting item whatever its value! |
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The officially issued from the US Mint sets in 1965 were SMS (special mint sets) and had a prooflike appearance to them.
That set was put together by some 3rd party at some point in time using uncirculated (hopefully) business strike coins.
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Rest in Peace
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Seen similar in auctions, usually sold in lots with 3or more other type items, generally go $4-10 for them all. Think this one was put together by outfit called American Mint, most likely a temporary sales gimmick...like those still today. You could try to sell it, but if auctioned by itself would sell for less than $2. Just remember, coins exposed to air are affected...you can see that already.
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Pillar of the Community
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and yes, these were put together by a third party marketing company. |
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Pillar of the Community
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Notice any PVC damage from the plastic?
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Pillar of the Community
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That is a super cool holder! It's an educational piece that illustrates well the transition of compositions at that time. Unless this is a common holder, I'd suspect that it would have a decent premium. Cool. Cool. Cool.  |
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Interesting find. |
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Pillar of the Community
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I like the way I says that it was a "world wide silver deficit" that was the reason for the coinage change when it was actually the fact that the silver in the coins had become worth more than the face value that caused the shift from 90% silver.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Interesting ... but agree ..put together after the coins left the mint. Here is what a original set looks like  |
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The coolest thing in this thread is the medallion in the original set photo.
For a topic with low value and uninteresting coins, I really appreciate the feedback. This would have been easy to ignore. Thank you!
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Pillar of the Community
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Some of the medals & tokens issued with mint & proof sets are cool. I especially like the ones from 1980s & 1990s proof & mint sets that were struct on cent planchets. From the 1982 proof set:  From the 1995 uncirculated set:  |
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From the 1982 proof set: I have one of those in with my SBA set. |
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Bedrock of the Community
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We don't want to leave out the 38mm Ike token, that came with the blue (UNC) 40% silver Ikes    |
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I have a few of those, too, but they are still in the cellophane.  |
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