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<p>[QUOTE="johnmilton, post: 26065403, member: 101855"]It might be a fun hand me down for a young collector, but don't spend big bucks on nice ones. When I was a dealer I bought some of the Proof presidential sets from the mint. I was lucky to get $5 for them with the face value at $4. </p><p><br /></p><p>When I was a club officer, a dealer left a bunch of Little Coin Company sealed pieces at a show. We could never figure out who he was, perhaps for a reason. We finally decided to sell them for the benefit of the club. These pieces were REALLY NICE. </p><p><br /></p><p>I tried to sell them on lots of four different presidents starting at $5 in the club auction. There were almost no takers. Finally I offered them at face value. Almost no takers. The interest in these coins, at least ten years ago, was almost nil.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="johnmilton, post: 26065403, member: 101855"]It might be a fun hand me down for a young collector, but don't spend big bucks on nice ones. When I was a dealer I bought some of the Proof presidential sets from the mint. I was lucky to get $5 for them with the face value at $4. When I was a club officer, a dealer left a bunch of Little Coin Company sealed pieces at a show. We could never figure out who he was, perhaps for a reason. We finally decided to sell them for the benefit of the club. These pieces were REALLY NICE. I tried to sell them on lots of four different presidents starting at $5 in the club auction. There were almost no takers. Finally I offered them at face value. Almost no takers. The interest in these coins, at least ten years ago, was almost nil.[/QUOTE]
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