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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cladking, post: 37155, member: 68&quot;]It would seem as though if the high grade coins were in demand that the percentage of them in mint sets would always be going down as collectors removed the sets with nice coins in them.&nbsp; Sure, there is a some demand for the very high grades from registry set collectors, type collectors and some other collectors but this doesn&#039;t affect the typical gem or choice gem.&nbsp; Nice choice gems account for about 3% of the mint set coins now as well as twenty five years ago.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>By the same token if there wasn&#039;t a lot of demand for the extremely common BU rolls then the prices for these would be much lower than a 1977-D roll. Finding an original &#039;77 or &#039;74 roll can be extremely difficult since these weren&#039;t set aside and there are so many BU rolls of the bicentennials that you can easily find AU&#039;s in circulation from recently spent coins.&nbsp; Instead the price of the &#039;76 rolls is higher than the others.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Collectors should exercise some discretion when purchasing any coins and this is no less true for the very high grade bicentennial issues.&nbsp; While this issue wasn&#039;t extremely well made on average, the gems are relatively well made and numerous.&nbsp; Nice MS-65 and 66 examples can be found for very little premium if you keep your eyes open.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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