I just got my American Innovation 2021 $1 coin proof set from the mint. When I looked at it, I discovered that it contains two New York coins and is missing the Virginia coin. Since this is a packaging error, and not an error on a coin itself, is this worth anything? Or should I send it back to the Mint for an exchange?
Oh my goodness! That is awful, but awesome at the same time. New definition for mint error, I suppose.
I think those packages aren't particularly hard to pry open and then squeeze closed, so no, no premium.
Packaging mistakes are not considered errors and usually reduce the value of the set. Send it back and get what you paid for.
You mean to tell me that the US mint has poor quality control? Color me not shocked at all. Since, like @-jeffB said, the packages are easy to open and close, your coins wouldn't be worth trying to sell for a premium.
Return it! It’s not a mint error so no real premium. You could keep it and order another if you so choose. Welcome to CT.
I have no interest in these Innovation Commems, so take this with a grain of salt. If the NY commem is more sought after than the Virginia commem, keep it If not, send it back for a replacement.
Open the package and remove one of the New York $1s. Then send it back. The question is, which one is the wrong one!!! lol
Some collectors might consider it as an error. Me personally I would keep it in my collection for it might be a sleeper just like the 2000 Cheerios $1 started out.
First, welcome to the neighborhood! I realize that you're new here, and you want to feel like you're contributing to some of the conversations, but you're going about it the wrong way. The 2021 American Innovation Set is nothing like the Cheerios $1. The Cheerios $1 was different in its design and was limited to just a few thousand struck. This set is only a processing error which is not an unusual occurrence.
Not really, but the Mint doesn't always do the packaging either. In any case it isn't considered a mint error and it is too easy to fake by simply opening the case switching coins and snapping it closed again. There was a real rash of that back in 1999 with the state quarter sets once people discovered they weren't sealed. Take five regular proof set that were worth about $20 each, open them and play musical quarters, and have five "error" sets with two of the same state quarters in them that they could sell on eBay for $200+ apiece. Then when the 2000 sets came out, take out the 2000 coins and put 1999 sets plus the 1999 P Sac dollar proof in them and create "10 coin 1999 VIP Proof sets" that they sold for $1,000 each. It was a great time to be a crook on ebay.