Roosevelt Dime Complete Set

I've accumulated several Whitman cardboard folders with 1965-D slots.

I really, really wish a certain someone would make some restrikes to fill those holes...

 

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As the TV programs say "There's no meat on that bone"

 

Okay I'll bite. Why are there 65 slots to begin with?

 

The 65 was no longer silver and they did not make a 65-D.

 

I understand there. What I mean is why is there a non silver spot? Just a product of the age of when the folders were produced?

 

Looking at the prices of many complete silver Roosevelt sets (all raw) on eBay, your neighbor wants too much for his set, IMHO. The most expensive one I saw was $299 for a set in a Capital holder.

 

Add $480 in grading fees.

 

But is the value of a certified MS66 set truly increased by $480 over a nice raw set? In short, did those coins justify the grading fees? I'm asking because I don't know.

 

If they are all ms66 ( matching grade ) it is worth the asking price, but only to a collector, not much money to be made for a flip. IMHO.

 

I assume the folder was made sometime after the 64 coins were released and before the Coinage Act of 1965 was passed, therefore they wouldn't have known the silver and the mintmarks were going to be removed.

 

If you consider the grading fee's the asking price is in the ball park. I purchased a set of unc, toned dimes from a member here . I purchased them for the toned coins , as I have a toned set in a Dansco . I believe that I gave him around $250 for the set that also had proofs included.
As for increasing value that doesn't concern me as I didn't buy them to flip . I purchased them for the toned coins,and varieties.
I was very happy with both....so that said my needs were met. I will add the 49 s was toned but not to my liking so I'm still in the hunt for one I like to fill the slot.
The set in question for $750 If they are 66 and FT I don't think the asking price is off. Personally the enjoyment of building a set of such as well as savings would be the road I would take.

 

I bought a complete set in 2014.....from 1946 to 2009...all issues including silver proofs, the 1979 filled and clear s, the 1996W, but the coins from 1946 to 1964 were not all bu, some are xf or AU......paid 170 Dollars.

 

When the folders were produced, everyone assumed that coins would continue to be minted as they had been, with the same mint marks. It probably seemed perfectly safe to go ahead and post-date the last few slots.

I'll have to dig through at some point and see whether I have any old folders with slots for a 1956-S coin, or a 1964 Franklin half. I don't remember seeing either, but it's worth a check.

 

Your price is retail. I'm sure it's a lovely set, but as far as making money... probably not.

 

While you all are talking about Roosevelt's, what would be the best way to buy BU's and not get shafted on paying for them. I'm working on this plus Jefferson's but it's not been easy in getting quality coin's and paying silly prices.

 

Go to ngccoin.com resources...us coin prices, dimes, Roosevelts....have a calculator and add their pricing up ...$750 looks pretty good...and you have a matched set ...you can then click on each date/mm and get the registry score so you can see how the set matches up against other sets...and decide from there

 

I have a complete set in a Dansco Album, but the only reason I have it is that I had the silver ones from 1946 to 1964, and each year I buy two mint sets from the U.S. Mint, one to save and the other to fill the albums I have. The Roosevelt Dimes are there, so I put them in the album. They're not a favorite of mine, so I personally wouldn't buy a BU 66 set. Roosevelt dimes aren't big on the list of collectables for the people I know from the Coin Club, so they may not appreciate much and be hard to sell down the line. On the other hands I've seen coin sets sell for a pretty high price on eBay, so if you went to sell it and the right person to buy it was there...

I go back to my old standby, I only buy what I like, I don't buy for a profit (which would be nice if I sold).

 

and that is why I laugh at some of the prices I see on eBay. It is ridiculous what I see.