Would you break a mint set?

I'd send it in but I still make a lot of mistakes.

Even those 3-pc SBA sets wholesale a lot higher than $4 now days. Oddly enough I've looked at a lot of them and never see anything even close to Gem except one time I found a near date in one and it was very Gem.

 

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Are you sure about the no contacts...luster yes, but pristine?

 

I,ve never seen a gem example in the flesh, but a couple may still exist in the cellos.

 

Your collection, your choice.

 

If it were to straight grade at MS65, NGC values it at $30 and PCGS at $45. Both values are lower then the sets are selling for on eBay today. (yes you're also selling the rest of the coins in the set). Unless your a bulk submitter, the TPG's fees would be at or more then the current value + your time + shipping and insurance. Therefore, for me it would come down to, how bad do you want it in a slab? And how confident you are that it will grade at or above GEM? Washington's are hard to grade, as many here have said.
My bigger concern is the dark line running north/south between the mint mark and the rim. If that isn't an optical result of the cellophane in the photo, I don't see it reaching MS65. If it were mine, I'd keep it. Just my "two-bits". Thanks for sharing.

 

Souvenir sets are special for 1982&3. Their not mint set (I think). If you open it. It might lose that special certification

 

I would wait and wait say till your mind is made up for sure before playing coin surgery

 

Mac McDonald: this is an interesting suggestion for delayed shipment so as to not have the coins sitting for what seems like an eternity at NGC or PCGS; I currently have two Buffalo Nickels sent by Great Collections (GC) to PCGS under the Express Tier that have been at PCGS since 9/2, and still no result reported to GC (NOTE: the GC Submission Form states "5 Day Turnaround"; the PCGS website states "15 Business Days [Estimated]. I've submitted to both NGC and PCGS years ago (2009 thru 2016) when I was a member of their "Collector Society" and whether it was the Express Tier or otherwise, it still took 1-2 months on average!

I've had much better results as-far-as turnaround time from ANACS. If you don't mind the "stigma" from some collectors of coins in an ANACS slab, or if you just want to get a grade from a recognized TPG so that you can either sell a "graded" coin or consider breaking it out and submitting to NGC or PCGS, then this may be a route for someone to take; at $12 per coin (or if ANACS runs a special as they did several times last year, where for $10 per coin and Free return shipping [10 coin minimum] they would grade your US issues, and return them usually within 20 to 30 days inclusive of shipping time.

Also, back in the 2017 time frame, ANACS was accepting sealed Mint Issued Sets and encapsulating them in a Multi-Coin Slab after having a 3rd party (Original set Verification [OSV] review and certify them as Original; the coins would get a Composite Grade which appears on the Label; a post from Collectors Universe describes this: https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/987878/anacs-certified-mint-sets

 

You did that icon for me didn’t you. I feel young again. Thanks so much. Alls we need now is a picture of @lordmarcovan in his hat Would be a perfect day. P.S. good joke

 

Yea you can. Guessing 80

 

@cladking do you have any thoughts on this quarter.

 

Usually I'll have a guess from a picture but this one is tougher. It's not a bad picture but the coin doesn't photo well. I'd guess it's only MS-66 but it seems pretty clean and everyone like luster.

 

Yeah the coin is very clean, and the luster is amazing to me.
Here are some better photos. I think.

 

Question: third party packaging? No mint sets for that date as I recall.

 

These only came in souvenir sets Kevin.
82' and 83'. You had to go to the mint to get one.

 

The new pictures makes it look like a sure thing MS-65. Catch 'em on a bad day it might come back 64 but 66 is probably out. That great luster probably means MS-65+ though.

 

You are so special. God bless the both of you. Your handsome as all getout

 

It looks very nice but realistically you would need a 67 to offset your grading fees and the profit you could make by just selling the set intact.
I would take the profit on the set and keep rolling.

 

I have been eyeing that line by the MM. It looks a lot like this one.
scroll about 2/3rds down the page.
http://cuds-on-coins.com/washington-quarter-cuds-1932-1999/
CU-25c-1983P-06 Stage B Rim Cud