Coin , Mint, & Proof sets

Those sets are sweet.

 

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I purchased a lot like yours a while back and after sorting out the sets that I wanted to keep I started giving sets away to relatives and friends. Most people have years in their lives such as birth year, anniversary or just a memorable occasion. It could be a grandchilds birth year or the year they graduated. It's amazes me how few people even know what a proof set is. So make someone's day spread the wealth and gather some karma. And good on you for wanting to donate some sets here on CT.

 

@Eric the Red. A few members (@lordmarcovan; @Santinidollar) promote "giveaways" where the winners are selected at random. You could possibly contact them and donate the coins to be given as prizes. (5 sets could be 5 prizes or 5 sets could be 1 prize. Your decision). IMO that would be better than picking out a specific member to get them. It's very generous of you to offer the sets to CT. I have been lucky to win a prize from both @lordmarcovan's and @Santinidollar's past giveaways and feel grateful to both for their generosity in holding the contests. I've also been given coins by a few members and thank them also, for being so generous.

 

EDIT. Posted on the wrong thread

 

Just saw this thread now... Very nice proof sets, especially with the older ones! One of the coolest looking ones from what I saw is right here. (1937 P) You can see the penny on the right has that beautiful red toning. Very nice!



I love the older coins designed by Adolph E. Weinman. He engraved the walking liberty half and mercury dime, probably my two favorite US coins.



Also, in the above picture, there is a number of those 50s yellow envelopes from the mint with proof sets inside. Something to look for inside those are the deep cameo silver Benjamin Franklins. The proof sets are sealed in a flimsy plastic and you can see the coins inside. Deep Cameo means that you can see the contrast between the portrait and the rest of the coin. It should have a nice frosty color. Anyways, the deep cam coins are considerably more expensive.

You have a very nice collection of proof sets there. I would look into getting some of the more desirable ones graded. They are worth much more than melt value and the ones after 1965 are still cool. (Don't forget that 1965-1969 Kennedy half dollars are still 40%!)

And thank you so much for the giveaway. Glad to have you here on CoinTalk!

 

I found a good definition for deep cameo on Spruce Crafts.

“Some coins have an average contrast between the mirror-like surface of the field and a subdued frosted surface on its devices. Other proof coins have a dramatic contrast between the coin's highly mirrored field and the deep frosted relief on the devices. When the contrast between the field and the devices is so dramatic the coin is classified as a "deep cameo".

The production of coins involves metal dies striking metal planchets using several tons of force. Every time a coin is struck the die wears down and some of its detail worn away. As more and more proof coins are produced from a given set of dies the delicate frosted details on the dies start to wear off. This results in a less than dramatic cameo contrast.”

Here is an example I found online for you. Notice the contrast between Benjamin Franklin and the rest of the coin.

 

Thank you Matthew. I'm learning new stuff here everyday.

 

@Eric the Red. I can't tell from your photos but I'm curious. Are the 1936 and 1937 sets proof coins or business strikes? Or possibly a mix? The Winged Liberty Dime in the 1937-P set looks like a proof but the others look like business strikes. TYIA.

 

https://www.thesprucecrafts.com/modern-us-proof-set-values-4051894

https://www.thesprucecrafts.com/us-uncirculated-mint-set-values-4051532

I think this is what you were looking for as far as information, take it with a grain of salt, I'm sure it's not updated but it should get you in the ballpark.

 

To tell you the truth Thomas I haven't even looked at them yet. I know its sinful Time really is the most precious commodity