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Valued Member
United States
148 Posts |
Hello:
I have the follow uncirculated sets and would like to know everyone's opinion, would you keep them sealed or would you bust them open if there is a 'special/error' coin or because it's in great condition to get slabbed?
Here's what I have:
1976
1977
1978
1979
1981
1985
1986
1990
1997
1998
1776-1976 Bicentennial silver uncirculated set.
I am assuming these are very common and no error coins or special varieties exist in these particular sets. If so, please let me know.
I also have a hand full of proof sets too.
I'll try to post those years later.
Thank you.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
814 Posts |
Yes. Cut open, and put the ones I want into albums. Spend the ones I don't want. Except the silver ones of course. The only exceptions to this are a 1964 mint set and 1976 3-piece silver set that are intact in my safe box, and shall remain so. Hope to acquire an early 60s mint set with a Franklin half to put in the box as well. Probably a 60 or 62, since those are my parents birth years. |
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
3058 Posts |
Yeah I would if there is something special about one of them.
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Valued Member
South Africa
331 Posts |
No, if I had 2 of each I will open it, one is none, two is none
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1660 Posts |
Keep the three coin silver set, if it's in the OGP.
It's worth about ten or twelve dollars.
The rest are of little value, 3 or 4 bucks in unc., 5 or 6 in proof.
You'll see piles of these at shows.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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The rest are of little value, 3 or 4 bucks in unc., 5 or 6 in proof. SO that's a vote for cutting out any decent error coin. Captain Obvious reporting.... |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4846 Posts |
I would cut it out from the rest of the coins but keep it in the mint cello and send it in like that just in case theres some reason they dont want to slab it, you can still have it in the mint celllo
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Pillar of the Community
United States
7512 Posts |
Adam E said it perfectly,I would do just that if I were to find an error one!
Edited by Chase007
06/10/2017 4:48 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4901 Posts |
Except for the fact they would remove it from the cello to look at it.
..and what added value would a non-graded coin cut from the original packaging have just because it is encased in cello? Remember...$3-4 reported for the set
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4846 Posts |
They probably will, but I'd rather a professional grading service handle it than have to do it myself just to put it in another flip.
And I do believe mint errors command a higher premium over a raw counterpart, especially if its part of a full set. It makes the error more interesting.
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Valued Member
United States
422 Posts |
I would only let them breath if I had another set to keep as is.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4901 Posts |
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And I do believe mint errors command a higher premium over a raw counterpart, especially if its part of a full set Obviously a Mint error would have more value than a non-error but it was only being removed to have the error coin certified which would give it a higher premium than it's raw (in or out of set) counterpart. I should add...it would have to be a significant error to make any of this conversation appropriate. Personally I would have looked at the coins first to see if there WERE any issues and only made the post if the errors existed. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3077 Posts |
my 1960 small date proof, and my 70 S small date and my 09 extra thumb logsplitter cent are all in OGP and a compleat set of 79 type 2 proofs. My plan is to break them out but I
have had the 7o s for 6+ years and aint cut it out yet
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06/11/2017 8:52 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4846 Posts |
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Obviously a Mint error would have more value than a non-error but it was only being removed to have the error coin certified which would give it a higher premium than it's raw (in or out of set) counterpart. Sorry, I misspoke, I meant that I believe a mint error in mint set cello will command a higher premium than the same mint error on a raw coin. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2626 Posts |
I suppose I'm in the minority, but personally I would not cut them open unless I had two of each. I just love looking at all the coins of each year in the cellophane, especially with Ikes and SBA's. |
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 United States
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I would cut them if they filled album holes, otherwise I would probably leave them alone, if I had them at all.
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