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Message:: [QUOTE="stldanceartist, post: 8172442, member: 13307"]Just to piggyback on what was said here, finding super high grade business strike coins by going through Mint sets is still REALLY difficult.  I've gone through about $10k in mint and proof sets in the last year, and the amount of coins I've held back that I think are much better than average (i.e., just on the cusp of being worth sending in for grading) would easily fit in the average kids lunchbox.  And I still haven't sent ONE of them in for grading, because when I go through them again later, every time I tend to find marks/damage I'd missed the first time. Mint set quality also varies drastically by era.  60-70's mint set coins very frequently look like they minted them, dumped them in a hopper, rolled it out into the parking lot, dumped the coins into the parking lot, and then drove over them with the forklift a few times.  They are pretty rough.  From what I've seen, the 80's-90's, especially the 90's, are generally MUCH nicer in quality and condition - meaning for you to find one of those that is distinctly nice enough to warrant grading fees will be that much more difficult.  It's still possible, don't think I'm saying it can't happen...but it's really a challenge. I've seen a handful of Souvenir Sets from the Mint, though, 70's-80's, that were markedly nicer than almost every mint set from that era.[/QUOTE]