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<p>[QUOTE="Troodon, post: 1581304, member: 4626"]Heck if they made a true purely silver set, where the nickel, penny, president/native American dollar were all in 90% silver too, then I'd actually think this was worth it. Heck something like that I'd maybe even go a little more than this for.</p><p><br /></p><p>As it is it's a bunch of coins I already have in packaging that's more expensive than getting exactly the same things separately. (A silver proof set + a proof ASE will cost you less than this, and that actually gets you MORE coins!). So um, no, definitely passing on this.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I'd submit that if someone pays a premium on coin sets not because of the coins they contain but how they are packaged, they've stepped out of the realm of coin collecting and into the realm of fancy box collecting. Not that there's anything wrong with that I suppose lol... collect what you like, and at coin shows interesting packaging has led to some of my impulse purchases, but for me at least there's a limit, and this goes beyond that. At some point paying a premium for a repackaging of the same coins gets a little silly. I'd say this is beyond that point by far.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Troodon, post: 1581304, member: 4626"]Heck if they made a true purely silver set, where the nickel, penny, president/native American dollar were all in 90% silver too, then I'd actually think this was worth it. Heck something like that I'd maybe even go a little more than this for. As it is it's a bunch of coins I already have in packaging that's more expensive than getting exactly the same things separately. (A silver proof set + a proof ASE will cost you less than this, and that actually gets you MORE coins!). So um, no, definitely passing on this. I'd submit that if someone pays a premium on coin sets not because of the coins they contain but how they are packaged, they've stepped out of the realm of coin collecting and into the realm of fancy box collecting. Not that there's anything wrong with that I suppose lol... collect what you like, and at coin shows interesting packaging has led to some of my impulse purchases, but for me at least there's a limit, and this goes beyond that. At some point paying a premium for a repackaging of the same coins gets a little silly. I'd say this is beyond that point by far.[/QUOTE]
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