1982 & 1983 Mint Sets

As far as I know, there were no mint sets produced in '82 & '83.

You might be seeing a set someone assembled and is calling it a mint set.

There were no official P&D Mint Sets issued for 1982 and 1983. What does exist for those years are the individual souvenir sets that were available at each Mint's gift shop. A set had one of each coin from that Mint in addition to a bronze Mint medal. These sets are quite expensive and you would be wasting your money by purchasing them to cut apart- the whole is worth more than the pieces. There are a number of aftermarket sets available but keep an eye out for quality as many of those sets contain coins of lower quality. To get the best 1982-83 coins possible, I recommend purchasing individually.

Thanks for the advises.

biokemist6: To get the best 1982-83 coins possible, I recommend purchasing individually. That is what I am going to do, unless BadThad idea is better.
BadThad: What you mean by 1959-up set for $30 or so? I would like to know.

I had a pair of souvenir sets from 1982 and 1983, they had some sort of foil insert for the year and mint I think. The coins were poor examples and the cello was a bit rough. I sold them on ebay as is with good pictures and they got a lot of money anyway. I think like $50 for one and $75 for the other if my memory serves me right. This was about 5 years ago. I don't miss them.
I think it would be neat to assemble a 1982 and 1983 set and be really fussy about the quality of your coins. It would probably pay you back in time.

Just a heads up: Watch the inclusions and exclusions on the ebay sets. The example Scooby gave only has 2 out the the 8 1982's. Complete does mean complete even when describing regular strike sets. Of course the Proofs and SMS/Satin are not included either but these can be bought as "complete" sets as well.

If my calculation correct and exclude all the 1982, 1983 and small dates and types, I paid around twice face for all my UNC and proof US modern coins since 1965. I think, I am going to save a lot of money buying Mint and proof sets. I haven't finished yet, but around 60 to 70% done. I am using last year Grey sheet and refuse to pay higher than that list. I just started going after silver proof sets too. I already killed the 1999 and 2009 for under my old list price. It look like they are not adding value even though silver price was higher.