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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cladking, post: 8055570, member: 68&quot;]&#039;79 sets that have been stored poorly are a mess but improvements were made each year in &#039;79, &#039;80, &#039;81, &#039;84 and &#039;85.&nbsp; Indeed, most of the &#039;85 sets are OK and will probably be OK for at least another 10 years.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>The oddest thing is that in the middle of the carnage the &#039;72 set is pretty good and the &#039;73 almost as good.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>The real problem is with the old sets.&nbsp; The &#039;69 went first but they&#039;re all following.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>All the coins in your pictured sets are easily saved but, of course, you can&#039;t get the carbon spots off the cents and that &#039;80-S dollar will probably never be a pretty coin.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Anyone who wants to save these coins needs to act now.&nbsp; Even dates that seem unaffected like the &#039;65 SMS are typically damaged and the damage affects every single coin.&nbsp; The nickels are a little better.&nbsp; I&#039;ve had to cut up dozens of nice Gem sets and wish I had done it years ago.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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