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<p>[QUOTE="cladking, post: 3232153, member: 68"]I've seen this set before but it is not very common. I've seen only a couple and have no opinion on their quality and no knowledge of their origin. I'm familiar with six sets for these years in addition to the souvenir sets but have no clue where this one and the one in the big manila envelope originate. Actually the one with the colored stripes is of unknown origin to me as well. </p><p><br /></p><p>The article pans the quality of souvenir sets pretty badly but it should be remembered that the quality of these coins is significantly better than random coins of those dates. There just are very few Gems in them and probably no Gem quarters. I've seen a few nice '82-D's so this is a possibility. </p><p><br /></p><p>People are collecting the souvenir sets now and prices are going higher. Some of these sets are very difficult to locate because of tiny mintages. Even those with larger mintages aren't necessarily easy because of attrition. Frankly if there were a lot of demand for these sets I believe even the most common ('87-P & D) would be much higher priced. </p><p><br /></p><p>The Numis News sets are stable except for the pennies and the Paul and Judy sets look OK but I've come not to trust the plastic in these sets any longer. The coins can look fine until they pretty suddenly turn bad. </p><p><br /></p><p>I still have my souvenir sets intact but this might not be a good idea. Coins removed from suspicious packaging should be stabilized in alcohol. This includes all coins in regular mint sets made between 1968 and 1981 inclusive.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="cladking, post: 3232153, member: 68"]I've seen this set before but it is not very common. I've seen only a couple and have no opinion on their quality and no knowledge of their origin. I'm familiar with six sets for these years in addition to the souvenir sets but have no clue where this one and the one in the big manila envelope originate. Actually the one with the colored stripes is of unknown origin to me as well. The article pans the quality of souvenir sets pretty badly but it should be remembered that the quality of these coins is significantly better than random coins of those dates. There just are very few Gems in them and probably no Gem quarters. I've seen a few nice '82-D's so this is a possibility. People are collecting the souvenir sets now and prices are going higher. Some of these sets are very difficult to locate because of tiny mintages. Even those with larger mintages aren't necessarily easy because of attrition. Frankly if there were a lot of demand for these sets I believe even the most common ('87-P & D) would be much higher priced. The Numis News sets are stable except for the pennies and the Paul and Judy sets look OK but I've come not to trust the plastic in these sets any longer. The coins can look fine until they pretty suddenly turn bad. I still have my souvenir sets intact but this might not be a good idea. Coins removed from suspicious packaging should be stabilized in alcohol. This includes all coins in regular mint sets made between 1968 and 1981 inclusive.[/QUOTE]
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