I purchased three silver proof sets and all three arrived with defects in the plastic casing holding the coins. I was able to put together one good set from the three. So I am thinking of returning the other two sets, but not sure if it is worth the effort and looking for some advice. The defect in the plastic case(s) are about 1/16th inch irregular shape bubble?/mark?/defect? in the plastic. when held just right I can see visible stress marks (like oil reflecting on water in a concentric ring type pattern) reflecting around the defect for approx 1/4 inch. I have bought 3 silver proof sets each year for my now teenage kids, so I am not a serious collector but don't want to keep a set with a defect that would obviously decrease its value. Also, as far as my rookie eye can tell, I didn't see any problems with the coins themselves (spotting/toning/etc.). My question is ...how much does a defect in the plastic casing affect the value of the set? Thanks
Ultimately, the value is the coins, not packaging. There might be a few collectors who really worry about the condition of packaging, but long term its not really a concern. As long as you can tell the condition of the coins in the packaging, I would be very concerned with it sir.
I also suspect it wouldn't add any value to the sets. There was the erroneus 2003 Certificate of Authenticity for which buyers received a replacement CoA and a letter of apology and that didn't seem to have any effect on the value of the sets.
Did you really mean "I would not be concerned with it sir."? I am thinking " I was able to put together one good set from the three." Does that mean you have cracked these out??? Also, as far as I know the 2013 silver proof sets were just released this week and you already have yours?
I did receive my 2013 silver proof sets on 5/3. And no I didn't crack them out, just swapped the plastic cases between the three sets to make one good set.
Kind of reminds me when a seller was selling a 1995 10th anniversary set. Someone bought it and didn't like the plastic case on the ASE, so he returned it. The seller didn't want that to happen again so sent the set out to be graded, (avoiding the issue of bad plastic on the ASE). The ASE came back as a 70. That dealer told EVERYBODY, including, I am sure, the original purchaser who returned it. Pay more attention to the coins IN the plastic, and not THE plastic.
