Here are a couple of 1956-D Lincolns from a 1956 Mint Set I purchased years ago. The images are by Bob Campbell and I think he did an excellent job.
Thank you guys, I'm glad you like them! Because the sum of the parts is worth more than the whole. All of the coins are toned, some QUITE nicely. I've already slabbed one Franklin, and it came back PCGS MS66FBL. It is toned gold and red. The other Franklin I've got in my Franklin Dansco, and I would not be at all surprised if it also came back MS66FBL. It is toned blue. IMO at a minimum it should MS65FBL. One each of the Washington P and D mints I've got in a Dansco, and would expect them to minimum grade as MS65 if I was to slab them.
Yea ! Skyman, I can see that. You might make $ 50 - $ 75 dollars if you were to sell them on the open market, but how many Numismatics have a 1956 double set in their collection ? The price will just keep going up on these old sets. If I could afford the $ 400 for the set, I would do it in a hearts beat, rather than buy an individule coin, but that is just my opinion. Dave
Actually, Original 1947 - 1958 Mint Sets over time become a hazard to the coins. In the cardboard/paper holders the coins will continue to tone all the way to terminal toning, which is an unattractive black color. By pulling them out and either putting them in plastic flips or slabs the coins are protected from this problem. To each their own.
This comment has made me think hard about my sets. I have sealed proof sets from 1956-1980. The ones from the 50's and early 60's are getting haze all over them, but it's hard to tell if it's the package or the coin. Makes me want to cut them all open and put them in 2x2's. Then again, I hate to break the original packages open...
