My 2010 mint proof set came without the penny. The spot for it was there but no penny. Am I rich or should I send it back? Has anyone else heard about missing pennies?
Packaging mistakes are not considered errors, But people do collect the odd mistakes by the mint. Maby a extre buck or two could be made on ebay but unfortunatly your not rich by this find. Intersting none the less. Siggi
I guess you have two options: 1) Send it back to the Mint for an exchange, or 2) Order another set and keep this one to try to sell on eBay. The only problem you might encounter on eBay is that potential buyers might believe that you removed the coin yourself. If this happens, you might end up selling it for less than you paid for it. Personally, I'd just send it back for an exchange. Chris
Among people who know how the proof sets are packaged a set like this would have no value or rather a LOWER value than a normal proof set. The reason is because the proof set holders are not sealed and can be opened and reclosed with no evidence of tampering. So anyone could just take a regular proof set, open it, remove a coin, and then sell it on ebay as an "error". During the first year of the state quarters there were a lot of "rare error" proof sets being sold on eBay that would be missing one quarter and have two of another one. For awhile these sets were selling for three to four hundred dollars apiece. But all you had to do was buy five normal sets, open them, play musical quarters, and you then had five "error" sets worth $300 each.
I not rich ether but that an packaging error and worth what the market will pay???I would keep it and buy one more. :kewl:You can always sell the error one for more that you payed
IMO, this is not what should be legitimately considered a Packaging error since, as mentioned before, the plastic lenses are NOT sealed and removing a coin or even two is easily accomplished. For ANYBODY out there that pays ANY kind of premium for one of these pilfered sets, you need to step away from the keyboard and get back to practicing your soccer shots on the freeway. For the OP, send it back and get a real set. You have 7 days from the day of delivery.
