These coins reflect a lot of light, It seems different from the 68’s I bought before. Very nice coins from Denver, finally. What are you guys think?
Your dime I'm pretty sure shows a S mint mark. I know pictures can throw off color but the dime & Half dollar don't look like Silver. I'm assuming the dime silver because it's from San Fran.
The Dime from San Francisco is clad and the half dollar is 40% silver. Now the picture of the dime from Denver.
I was just thinking, for clad coins, these are the best you can get besides proof… nowadays, any clad from the 60s is just about ate up with wear out of circulation…Spark
I paid $10 for the 1968 mint set. The 1964 set was more expensive but it was a good deal, I really like this quarter that came with it.
Wow, I wish I could photograph that well! If I took those pictures everyone would be wondering why the Chinese were knocking off 1968 Denver mint sets.
Very nice sets! Great looking quarter (too bad it has a fingerprint on it behind his head) Yes, you have taken some very nice photos of these coins. Great job.
It looks like a finger print but some Kennedy’s and Washington’s from 1964 have those lines. On the half dollars the lines are on Kennedy’s neck. I don’t know why!
In the old days there would be many nice examples of old coin in circulation for many many years unless collectors were saving them. In 1962 it wasn't the least bit unusual to find a nice AU 1932 quarter!! This was because many coins sat in storage for decades while others of that date wore out. There would have been high grade standing liberty quarters as well but these were nabbed by collectors leaving only worn examples. Then in 1972 the FED switched to FIFO accounting and began rotating their stocks of coins. This meant coins in storage the longest were shipped first and since then no coins sit in storage more than about three years. Since a small percentage of coins are in storage this means the coins now wear pretty evenly and finding old coins in high grade is quite unusual. To make matters much worse collectors saved very few coins too. There were lots and lots of mint sets but these traded under face value so most have been cut up and the quarters spent. So when you do find a nice VF in circulation there is a very good chance it came from a mint set. If the double whammy isn't bad enough the '68 issue has an even bigger problem; coins left in the mint set are almost all tarnished now days. The Philly cent has carbon spots and the clads are covered in PVC (or something) that can be removed successfully less than half the time. In the last few months mint set prices have been soaring. Sets that were available for 10c less than face value two years ago will can cost $7 over face value now if you can find them wholesale. Many of these sets are now trading at retail prices at venues like Walmart at double or triple bid prices. And many retailers are having problems keeping some dates in stock like 1969, '70, and '71. Interesting times! I had a dream last night that I got stuck behind some guy in line at the grocery store who was not only counting out change but checking the dates on everything first.