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<p>[QUOTE="gbroke, post: 1351456, member: 22585"]A lot of people will have an opinion either way. I personally enjoy albums. So I purchased all of the albums and tore open every proof and mint set and put the coins in their new home. Some might say keeping them in the original package is better. I only find that to be true if you plan on reselling them in the future. What's the fun in that? Plus, mint and proof sets will not be rising in value anytime soon.</p><p><br /></p><p>I don't know what your budget is, but I saved some cash and purchased large runs of mint sets. Lots of savings doing it that way.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is an example. 1971-1979 mint sets for $76. Thats $8.40 a pop. Keeping in mind they each have roughly $3.50 in face value. Look at all those tasty Ikes!</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?type=3&campid=5335874456&toolid=10001&mpre=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fitm%2F1971-1979-Complete-Run-Lot-18-US-Mint-Sets-Philadelphia-Denver-P-D-%2F280805047980%3Fpt%3DCoins_US_Individual%26hash%3Ditem416148feac" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?type=3&campid=5335874456&toolid=10001&mpre=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fitm%2F1971-1979-Complete-Run-Lot-18-US-Mint-Sets-Philadelphia-Denver-P-D-%2F280805047980%3Fpt%3DCoins_US_Individual%26hash%3Ditem416148feac" rel="nofollow">http://www.ebay.com/itm/1971-1979-Complete-Run-Lot-18-US-Mint-Sets-Philadelphia-Denver-P-D-/280805047980?pt=Coins_US_Individual&hash=item416148feac</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="gbroke, post: 1351456, member: 22585"]A lot of people will have an opinion either way. I personally enjoy albums. So I purchased all of the albums and tore open every proof and mint set and put the coins in their new home. Some might say keeping them in the original package is better. I only find that to be true if you plan on reselling them in the future. What's the fun in that? Plus, mint and proof sets will not be rising in value anytime soon. I don't know what your budget is, but I saved some cash and purchased large runs of mint sets. Lots of savings doing it that way. Here is an example. 1971-1979 mint sets for $76. Thats $8.40 a pop. Keeping in mind they each have roughly $3.50 in face value. Look at all those tasty Ikes! [URL="http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?type=3&campid=5335874456&toolid=10001&mpre=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fitm%2F1971-1979-Complete-Run-Lot-18-US-Mint-Sets-Philadelphia-Denver-P-D-%2F280805047980%3Fpt%3DCoins_US_Individual%26hash%3Ditem416148feac"]http://www.ebay.com/itm/1971-1979-Complete-Run-Lot-18-US-Mint-Sets-Philadelphia-Denver-P-D-/280805047980?pt=Coins_US_Individual&hash=item416148feac[/URL][/QUOTE]
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