What’s with the sets in plastic?

Went to buy some coins.

27 of them came home with me and I spent less than 40 although I got 5 pennies and 3 foreign coins for free, one of which I have no clue, I’ll put a close up pic.

In the plasticized set, 1776-1976 (no mint Mark) Penny Dime and Nickel are 1975, is my set defective? I saw other sets like these elsewhere but they had a card and a barcode. What are these sets? Does it matter much if I lose the plastic and put these in something nice?

Anyways, 1970 s Proof set, I like, does the case open without breaking?

Last question, the 1967 pennies, they both came from the same bucket on the counter. When I saw the shiny one I thought, cleaned, but I asked the guy and he said it came from a proof set, can it be determined by my photos?

I won’t post close up pics of the other Canadian stuff, I didn’t get good shots anyways.

 

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@Devyn5150

Your Bicentennial Set is not defective. The Bicentennial dollar, half and quarter were used for both years, 1975 & 1976.

Chris

 

Here is your unidentified foreign coin:
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces1718.html

 

It looks like your US sets lack the original government packaging also.

 

Israel. Cool. Thanks.

 

Yeah that was what I was wondering about. Are ya thinking potential fakes or is the lack of paperwork/packaging typical?

 

There was another set with all 76 I think I believe I remember but it was a couple bucks more.

 

Yes you have the 1975 mint set from the Philadelphia mint with no mint mark. The other set from that year in business strike (not to be confused with the proof sets with the S mint mark in the hard plastic case) is from the Denver mint with a D mint mark.

 

You don't have to worry about the lack of packaging. However, in the US those sets can be found for about $3.00 USD.

 

It was on sale at $4.95 and I got it for $4. He offered the proof set which he was unboxing so I decided against the ‘76... he threw in the loose coins as well, to unload it. Yeah I Ike them, but I can’t live with them in the plastic. There’s also a very wee slice in the plastic on the penny, so yeah.

 

I seen a utube video on the75 set something about the Lincoln cent being a rarity I believe it was coin help u,

 

Yeah, I was gonna say Islamic but Jewish is good too. Great design for a token!

 

It’s all Greek to me.

 

99 of 100 of those coin videos on YouTube are nothing but clickable for the person who posted the videos and are absolute garbage in terms of credible information

 

I think, in the proof sets, some Roosevelt’s are missing the S mint mark but I dunno about the penny, maybe they were DDO or something.

 

The 1975 Mint Set remains a unique issue during the course of the annual set offering from the United States Mint. It is the only Mint Set that includes coins bearing a date different than the date of the set. This is due to the fact that 1975-dated quarters, half dollars, and dollar coins were not produced.

To celebrate America’s upcoming Bicentennial, these denominations would be issued with a new reverse design and the dual date “1776-1976”. In anticipation of high demand for the coins, production began in 1975. Accordingly, the bicentennial coins were included in the 1975 Uncirculated Mint Set.

 

Probably about the 1975 proof set was no S mintmark on the dime. There are only two sets known.

 

Thanks. Now I need to check my 1975 proof sets.

I recommend that the OP keep all the coins in their original packaging until May 2019. Coin are easy to take out but they cannot be put back into the plastic.

 

I would not remove them from the mint packaging. They look happy the way they are.

 

The coins in your 1970 Proof Set did not all come from the same set. Proof Sets from the Mint are not sealed and can be opened. Be very wary of buying Proof Sets on the secondary market.