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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cladking, post: 8054993, member: 68&quot;]The early mint sets are tarnishing.&nbsp; The coins should be removed and soaked in 91% isopropyl alcohol to preserve them.&nbsp; I know nothing that can prevent this tarnish and it affects almost All sets regardless of storage conditions.&nbsp; Sets stored poorly have simply already tarnished while those stored well (like these) are just starting.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Older sets and &quot;bad&quot; dates are already almost universally affected.&nbsp; Most of the coins can still be saved since the tarnish can often be removed but as time goes by it becomes permanent.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>A lot fewer of these coins survive than most realize because rolls tend to be scarce and the mint sets have been destroyed in large quantity.&nbsp; Now the surviving mint sets are usually tarnished and getting worse.&nbsp; I believe&nbsp; the coins should be cleaned now to make them available for future generations.&nbsp; Wholesale prices of sets have been soaring recently as demand has bumped up against supply.&nbsp; Sets are coming out of the woodwork to sell into the higher markets but this won&#039;t last long because there are few sets in the woodwork and most are tarnished.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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