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Valued Member
United States
338 Posts |
Good morning all depending on where you reside, lol.
Question regarding mint sets; I have some UC mint sets in original packaging from 61-98. Without doing a deep dive into the internet, I'd appreciate advice on:
1) are there any sets or particular coins that I really need to pay attention to and if so which ones.
2) best way to sell; I am not an ebayer.
Thanks in advance.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I'm not a variety checker so I can't help you there. Now the bad news, mint sets are not selling for much to any premium. For example I picked up mint sets from the 60s/70s for a dollar or 2 over face ir melt. Dealers will give you face value. Since you don't ebay you have a few choices but the best maybe to get 250 posts and sell them on here. I usually tell people a dealer is the fastest way but to sell at face to a dealer is not what I recommend. |
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Valued Member
 United States
338 Posts |
Thank you for the reply.
Yes I'm avoiding the LCS. This morning I've gone in to look at numismedia to at least identify dates to take make sure I look at. I'm not into varieties which is where some insight on what to look for for significance if any aside from the small date/no MM sets.
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Valued Member
United States
338 Posts |
In regards to Numismedia, is the listed FMV a good/realistic starting point for local listing?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Sadly mint sets are actually not selling at FMV. I can tell you that the 1968-1980 mint sets I picked up (the random few I wanted to break apart for coins I needed) sold for $2.65 to $4.00. The price is pretty low :(
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Look at variety vista and see which coins have double dies and repunched mint marks. Those are the coins that carry a premium. If you find a variety keep it. The other coins you can spend unless they are silver, then they are worth silver melt.
Tim Hughes
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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You also check on ebay for sold prices.. that will give you an idea of the going prices. Your silver sets, you will have no problem selling, and if they have nice eye appeal, they should get your a premium over melt values.. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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This isn't helpful, but I do like the '75 and '76 uncirculated sets (not proof sets). The toning on these can be somewhat strong.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
10034 Posts |
The 1970 D half dollar is a 15.00 coin automatically from low mintage.
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Valued Member
United States
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One option would be selling it here to new collectors, but I think you have to have enough postings in order to buy and sell here. I am a new collector and haven't been here enough to be able to buy anything yet.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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For the date range you list the 61-64 are good because of the silver content, the 1970 is good because of the mint set only half dollar, 1973 is a little better because of the set only Ike dollars, the 1996 is good for the 96 W dime. After that are the 1965-69 40% silver sets and that's about it. |
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 United States
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You need 250 posts to sell on CCF and 50 posts to buy on CCF. So, coin searching, you can buy here.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
7273 Posts |
I checked and the:
1970 is about $19
1973 is about $15
1996 with W Dime is $15
So these are more than face, but the 1969 is $3/$5 so the 1971 and 1972.
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Valued Member
United States
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I really appreciate all the replies as it helps me to not get paralyzed by the minutia of details that can happen at times. Thanks again.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Mint sets are funny and have a much funnier market.
The average mint set has $3 face value, $3.50 wholesale value, and is worth about $2.90 to your local coin dealer. Just spend them.
However that $3 set has coins that wholesale at $5 and there are enough Gems and varieties that the coins can actually be sold for about $7 (on average).
But it's very difficult to identify the good coins and even harder to sell them. And there's the rub; just because the coins in a 1975 set wholesale at over $9 odds are that the coins in your set are tarnished or otherwise not good enough to bring this price.
People have the notion that all moderns are common but the reality is coins made since 1964 are much scarcer than earlier coins but they simply aren't collected because the markets are funny and the price guides grossly understate the value of the coins.
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08/25/2020 09:02 am
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