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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cladking, post: 8148304, member: 68&quot;]Most moderns from all over the world simply weren&#039;t saved and are very hard to find in pristine condition.&nbsp; Most were poorly made so nice coins are even harder yet.&nbsp; Where the US made mint sets from the beginning most countries didn&#039;t start until the mid-&#039;70&#039;s and the mintages were tiny.&nbsp; When I started back in the &#039;70&#039;s there were very few mint sets and lots of proof sets.&nbsp; Even though I selectively bought mint sets there just aren&#039;t many and most are rather common like Mexico.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>The best thing about mint sets though is that most mints put their nicest coins in the sets.&nbsp; This allows collectors to find premium examples for low cost.&nbsp; Most of my mint set coins were purchased as singles.&nbsp; Dealers knew the mint sets wouldn&#039;t sell and a few dollars was the best possible but if they cut the coins up then they could get more total.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I tried to find one of everything and if I noticed I couldn&#039;t find something I put it on the list of coins to watch for.&nbsp; A few times I was able to find quantities of such coins.&nbsp; There are a great number of highly underappreciated coins.&nbsp;&nbsp; Swiss, for example, is widely collected as silver but the same designs in cu/ ni are very inexpensive despite their scarcity.&nbsp; People see inexpensive coins and they assume they are common but in moderns &quot;inexpensive&quot; is more likely to mean uncollected.&nbsp;&nbsp; Obviously some moderns are exceedingly common and it will take a while to identify these.&nbsp; Millions of some issues were imported into the US for collectors and promotions.&nbsp; There are about 150 different of these that exist in staggering numbers.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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