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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ToughCOINS, post: 3376879, member: 20480&quot;]No, the mint sets often do not contain coins of good quality.&nbsp; That&#039;s not to say yours don&#039;t, but many of them did not, so don&#039;t give up hope just yet.</p><p><br /></p><p>I presume you speak of the 1976-P TY 1 Ike, which is legitimately scarce in MS65 &amp; rare any better than that.&nbsp; I don&#039;t think I&#039;ve ever been satisfied with a coin of that date pulled from a mint set, and I&#039;ve been through thousands of them.&nbsp; By the way, the TY 1 comes from 1975 mint sets, and the TY 2 comes from 1976 mint sets.</p><p><br /></p><p>The single biggest obstacle to coins of that date grading MS65 is not luster and not strike, but marks, the most offensive of which are usually on Ike&#039;s face and / or on the bell.</p><p><br /></p><p>The odds that you have a gem are pretty low, but anything is possible.&nbsp; If you can post excellent photos we can give you a feel for whether you have a winner or not.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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