acan451 Posted June 5, 2011 Report Share Posted June 5, 2011 Hi Everyone I would like to hear your comments on this set I just bough I no very little about , mint or proof sets. Thanks Alan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccg Posted June 5, 2011 Report Share Posted June 5, 2011 It's a put-together TV infomercial type of thing. Neat to have as a conversation or display item, but the coins are usually pretty mediocre pieces. I'm suprised that the 5c doesn't appear to be cleaned as the coins are often polished. Although only really worth $5-6, I wouldn't be suprised if this set was originally sold for $20-30. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedeadpoint Posted June 6, 2011 Report Share Posted June 6, 2011 CCG is right. It's a fun talk-piece but the set, as a set, is not worth more than the coins individually added together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve D'Ippolito Posted June 7, 2011 Report Share Posted June 7, 2011 I agree on the valuation. The only wildcard is the value of the silver in the 1965 half and the silver dime. I can't figure out why anyone would put these particular five coins together. Three of them (the half, dollar, and quarter) are late 60s-1970s stuff, and two are somewhat interesting (whoops my prejudices show there!) stuff from before the death of silver coinage. (I know the half has silver in it but realistically silver coinage was dead at this point, and an argument can be made that the decision to make the halves 40% silver killed the half dollar.) The coins didn't circulate at the same time or anything like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccg Posted June 7, 2011 Report Share Posted June 7, 2011 I agree on the valuation. The only wildcard is the value of the silver in the 1965 half The half is a nickel clad 1995, to keep costs down Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve D'Ippolito Posted June 11, 2011 Report Share Posted June 11, 2011 Gaah. It's blurry and I misread it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coinmaven Posted June 14, 2011 Report Share Posted June 14, 2011 The set looks like an "older" direct mail-type item. Did you purchase online? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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