RPT and TenSense
When I go into coin shops or coin shows. I try to check out everything the have sitting on shelves and desks.
Lately I have been seeing Proof sets that have been cracked, broken, scratched or just partial sets. Ones that look like no one would want to buy. At the last coin show I bought three sets of proof silver quarters that way, then went back and bought the partial sets that had the silver half and dime. I have done this same thing at two different coins stores.
Last year I did that with a 1999 set of silver proofs .. I paid $50, but that is when a 1999 proof set was selling in the $300.00 range.
For a while I was doing this with silver commemorative dollars, I have bought around 20 different dollars below what Morgans were selling for from the junk silver box.
I guess I am saying keep a eye out .. I think there are a lot of silver proof sets that are priced below their silver value .. in greysheet .. and when set looks less then pristine .. than you can pick them up even cheaper.