Would you break a mint set?

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In '82 & '83 there were no official mint sets made, only 'Souvenir Sets' that could only be purchased at the mint.

I started collecting 83 Washingtons back in the mid - late 80's and, mostly by luck, it has been very profitable for me. Some have sold for as much as $40.

 

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I know from shopping on eBay that people break mint sets and proof sets to sell them individually. I see. most of them at Auctions still in the set usually sell for <15.00 based on the year. That said, I usually don't buy a mint set to break and sell. That said I always look for Silver Sets that generally sell unbroken for a price near the silver spot price. Your choice but I would research each coin in the mint or proof set in my red book before I broke the set. If that price is right, I would seel it for grading.

 

Not seeing it buddy. I like your revolve

 

The line swipes by the mint mark. A mid die stage, but has serious die deterioration.
That in hand looks like a retained cud in an early die state

 

Here is another look at it. Might just throw it in the stash of mint sets.
It's a blazing coin.


Never mind the color it is blast white.

 

I have a state quarter that looks as if it was busted out of a proof set. It's got that frosty, mirror lustre and interestingly for a (perhaps) proof coin, seems to have borne a charmed life, with no marks or scuffs. no idea from whence it appeared.
Has anyone else found a similar shiny?
Just dug it out; it's a 2013-s Fort McHenry.

 

It was probably removed from a proof set. does it show cladding on the third side? If not it is a silver proof.