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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Vess1, post: 718659, member: 13650&quot;]I don&#039;t agree.&nbsp; Wouldn&#039;t an opened set that was verified to not have any spots be more valuable than taking a gamble on an unopened box?&nbsp;&nbsp; The bad ones are gonna be really obvious.&nbsp; &nbsp; There&#039;s also 450,000 other Lincoln dollars out there for people to buy, (still in the mint packaging) to try to get the 70.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; I bought a set myself that I will keep but I didn&#039;t need it.&nbsp; The packaging is all this set is about.&nbsp;&nbsp; It will simply prove that this was the end of the run and it looks nice.&nbsp; That&#039;s about it.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; The wild card is the special copper cents (that also happen to be available in just about every set or individually).&nbsp; &nbsp; There hasn&#039;t been excitement over cents like this in 100 years so we&#039;ll see.&nbsp;&nbsp; They will still be very common so I&#039;m not getting my hopes up long term.&nbsp; &nbsp; We have to be realistic.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; I got my 2006-S San Francisco $5 gold commemorative in a NGC MS70 for $290.&nbsp;&nbsp; Which was about $40 over spot at the time.&nbsp; Occasionally they go for less than that on Ebay.&nbsp; <span style="color: Black"><b>The mint only produced 17,500</b><b> of these things!!</b></span><span style="color: Black">&nbsp; &nbsp; </span></p><p><span style="color: Black"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: Black">&nbsp;&nbsp; This $5 commemorative is one of the more attractive and should have more general interest throughout the hobby than most.&nbsp; &nbsp; But it seems to have faded into history.&nbsp;&nbsp; Although it is not commonly seen at coin shows, the demand must not be there to drive the prices anymore than that.&nbsp; &nbsp; Maybe it needs more time.&nbsp; Some of the older ones have become more pricey.</span></p><p><span style="color: Black"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: Black">&nbsp; Point being, there&#039;s almost 3x that amount in Lincoln sets to go around plus the other 450,000 that were already released.&nbsp;&nbsp; Unless I&#039;m really underestimating, that simply is not a small number.</span></p><p><span style="color: Black"></span>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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