I happened to open up a couple of mint sets that I recieved about four months ago. I noticed on one set, the finish was pretty bad and spotty in places. The second, had quarter with no finish on one side, and a plain looking dime. My question, would the set with the quarter with the satin finish on one side, be worth more or less than the average set? TIA CLAW
That depends on the quality of the "average" set. But if the average set has the full satin finish on all the coins - then it would naturally be worth less.
Actually if that set has not been tampered with, you still have the original package it came with, any documentation that came with it and it shows no excessive handling, it may be worth a good deal of money. At many of the coin shows around here in Illinois there are dealers that specialize in mint error coinage. Some Mint errors are worth thousands such as the mint sets with out the S Mint mark. Example is the 1968S proof set with out the S on the dine now valued at approximately $10,000. As with any mint error the price rather depends on the error, fame of the error, desire to own that error and many other factors. You may want to try discussing this on the PCGS web site where there are well over 18,000 registered people that really know their stuff.
We may not have 18,000 but we have lots of experts here.....and even one for errors....mikediamond is an expert on the topic IMO and many others. Speedy
As I recall, there have been many views on the fact the mint's production has contained Halves and Pennys, in the Unc Sets that show little or no satin finish!! Seems the blasting doesn't take effect all the time, the way it should, I've checked my sets and haven't found any irregularities yet!! As for a premium for any sets without the satin finish, who knows?
I've been active in the World and Ancient forum over there for several years, and I just wonder whether you are talking about: The 50 or less regulars on the World and Ancient forum, many of whom join me in confessing great ignorance about US Mint products The 100 or so regulars on the US Coins forum, most of whom spend their time flaming each other and arguing about grading The guys who are active in the Registry Set hoorah The few regulars on the paper money forums The thousands who belong to the comic book, sports card, and other non-coin forums, or The huge number of registered members who never post? As a matter of fact, some of the most expert members of that forum are also CoinTalk members. :thumb:
Basically what satootoko stated is true however, all that was ment was that a large amount of individuals may turn up additional results to a question. When there are differences in a coin, it always pays off to get as much exposure as possible to it's value. Regardless, it still would be interesting to take such a set to a large coin show to see what offers would be made.
