To free from mint set, or not to free?

I bid on a couple 1970 mint sets so I could have a 70 D Kennedy and I won both of them, surprisingly. I'm trying to decide if I should cut them open and put the coins in 2X2's or leave them in the mint cello.

 

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The coin needs to be MS-66 or better to be worth cutting up the set.

 

I'd probably cut out the nicer one, and leave the other in the mint wrapper.

 

Just make sure to check those 1970 S Lincoln cents for the Small Date and RPM...

I voted "Depends on the coins" because, well, technically I only buy mint sets if they have varieties in them. The only ones I don't do that for are ones that I pick up so ridiculously cheap that I re-sell them for greysheet bid.

 

So maybe just cut out the kennedy and varieties? That makes sense.

I see a lot of individual coins still in the cello.

The plastic on the kennedy has a couple pinholes in it so I'm gonna take it out.

 

Why just transfer them to a 2X2?

 

Well for this set if you cut out the half it losses most of its value. I wouldn't.

 

Cut them all out and spend any unattractive and valueless coins. Stabilize the others by soaking in a mixture of acetone and 91% isopropyl alcohol and then put into holders.

Most of these older mint sets are not stable and the coins need protection.