Breaking Mint Sets for Dansco Albums

Yes it was...:thumb:

 

Log in or Sign up to hide this ad.

Breaking them out doesn't change the condition, as long as you're careful. Use gloves, don't touch them with your bare hands. And if he was wanting to maximize profit, he wouldn't be putting them an album. Albums are for collecting.

Even if you're planning on reselling them some day the packaging adds no real value. A proof set or a mint set is worth no more than the coins it contains. Just be careful opening them; be gentle, wear gloves, be very careful putting the plastic in the Dansco back over them that you don't scratch the tops of the coins.

Er wait, why was this thread resurrected? This has been happening a lot lately lol...

 

I buy multiple sets, one to keep in the OGP, the other to put in my Dansco. Drives my other half nuts sometimes.

 

Not getting too far afield (hopefully), but there is one type of Mint packaging that I feel does add value to the resale of coins. Not the primary packaging that actually holds the coins, but the packaging used to ship the coins.

I did a price analysis a while back and found that all coins seem to make a significant move up in numismatic value (desirability) around the 70 year mark (give or take a few years). Buying US Mint set lots around the 50 year mark (in their original) shipping container seems like a good bet to me.

A few years ago, I bought eighty (80) 1962 US Mint sets (P&D) in their original, sealed US Mint shipping box. They went up in price as silver went up (which was nice). However, I expect to see a very nice price appreciation around the year 2030.

By 2030, as the collector base expands for these years (that's the theory, anyway), an original box of unexamined 1962 US Mint sets should sell at a hefty premium over those that have been previously picked over.

I also think that sealed boxes of US Mints set from the 70's and 80's may be a good long term investment now...if you can find them. :thumb:

 

Did this thread REALLY continue from 7 years ago or were the dates just messed up?