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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;19Lyds, post: 1914959, member: 15929&quot;]US Mint products are a peculiar animal and the application of values for a 1936 Proof Set is totally out of line with reality since you might as well compare the 1804 Silver Dollar with the Eisenhower Dollar.</p><p><br /></p><p>You see, mass proof set purchasing, which exists today, was not a part of the coin market in 1936! As such, few sets were assembled by collectors as each collector had their own field of expertise which may not have included the &quot;other&quot; proof coins which were available.</p><p><br /></p><p>All that changed in 1950 with the introduction of the &quot;complete proof set&quot; insetaed of ordering individual coins! But, did it really change?</p><p><br /></p><p>Not according to the number sold it didn&#039;t as folks STILL did not order that many proof sets.</p><p><br /></p><p>It wasn&#039;t until Proof Sets began to be MASS Produced AND the collecting community was cut off from Proof Sets, that it really took a turn.</p><p><br /></p><p>1964 and then 1968 began an era of multi-million proof sets which were marketed, based upon values for the 1936 to 1950 Proof Sets.</p><p><br /></p><p>Are US Mint products a poor investment?</p><p>Not to those that got 2008 Reverse of 2007 SAE&#039;s which were purchased for $25.95 and sold on delivery day for between $250 and $10000</p><p>Not to those that got 1970 Small Date Proof Sets or Mint Sets which to this day still sell for between $90 and $150</p><p>Not to those that got DDR Proof Sets in 2009 whose coin could be sold for as much as $2500</p><p>Not to those that purchased the CnClad Army Half Dollars for $19.95 only to sell for $79 to $99 later.</p><p><br /></p><p>The whole point being is that just like with any other business opportunity, YOU GOTTA PAY ATTENTION!</p><p><br /></p><p>When the 2006 Kennedy&#039;s had an all time low coin production (less than two million) I loaded up and was able to sell those 2 roll sets, which had been purchased for $32.95, for close to $100 each.</p><p><br /></p><p>Not a bad investment at all. I only wish that my cojones were a bit bigger as the profits would most certainly have been larger.</p><p><br /></p><p>Having said that, I also need to add that I am not alone as there are now many, many big time dealers out there with the exact same attitude which basically means, it&#039;s all about WHO gets to market first.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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