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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bone Head, post: 939201, member: 14057&quot;][ATTACH]88283.vB[/ATTACH]Share your mint set horror story.....&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; </p><p>Surfing around eBay one day a couple years ago I came across </p><p>an auction offering 20 uncirculated Jefferson nickels in their</p><p>original mint cellophane. The coins were all from the 70s and 80s.</p><p>The bidding was at $2 &amp; shipping was a buck-fifty. Since I had </p><p>previously bought a few &#039;alleged&#039; uncirculated singles which were</p><p>mostly doctored AUs, I just didn&#039;t see how I could go wrong buying</p><p>mint set coins. I thought 20 cents each for garanteed uncs was a </p><p>fair price so I bid $2.50.&nbsp; I won the auction feeling certain that the</p><p>US MINT would not let me down. Heck I thought I might even find a</p><p>couple with full steps. Most of you probably already know whats </p><p>coming next.&nbsp; All were uncirculated, thats for sure, but none had</p><p>full steps. Most had no steps at all. The lowest uncirculated grade</p><p>is MS60, sometimes called just BU.&nbsp; I had to invent a new mint</p><p>state grade to describe these coins. Some were MS59, some </p><p>were MS55, a couple were MS49. I examined the edges of the </p><p>cellophane to see if someone had opened them up and substituted </p><p>junk for the original coins and resealed them but this was not the </p><p>case.&nbsp; The moral of this story is something you have all heard</p><p>before,&nbsp; &quot;Buy the coin, not the holder.&quot; I was lucky this time, it cost</p><p>me only $4.&nbsp; SHARE YOUR STORY and pictures. You may help </p><p>some beginner avoid this errer that most of us have probably made. </p><p>Here is one coin from a sealed mint cellophane. There are no holes</p><p>in the wrapper, the scratches are not from staples. Thats another </p><p>horror story for later. This coin is still sealed in the cello...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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