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<p>[QUOTE="cladking, post: 2326604, member: 68"]I've got significant paper profits doing the same thing. Of course the difference is I chased down the finest examples I could find while saving only the gemmiest coins. Indeed, I didn't stop with just the mint sets and I also chased down nice examples of everything made for circulation including varieties, errors, and coins not appearing in mint sets. I even latched on to a bag of very gemmy 1982-P quarters and have the best 287 of them in my safety deposit boxes where I keep everything. Anyone who thinks that just because a coin exists in mint sets it is common in nice chBU is going to be in for a rude awakening if these coins ever get collected. Try finding a nice choice '69 quarter or a gemmy '82-P made from good dies and you'll see these coins are scarce. </p><p> </p><p>Over the decades most of the mint sets have been cut up and destroyed because there has been solittle interest in them. When the demand materializes someday there won't be mint sets to fill it and they certainly won't sell for pennies any longer.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="cladking, post: 2326604, member: 68"]I've got significant paper profits doing the same thing. Of course the difference is I chased down the finest examples I could find while saving only the gemmiest coins. Indeed, I didn't stop with just the mint sets and I also chased down nice examples of everything made for circulation including varieties, errors, and coins not appearing in mint sets. I even latched on to a bag of very gemmy 1982-P quarters and have the best 287 of them in my safety deposit boxes where I keep everything. Anyone who thinks that just because a coin exists in mint sets it is common in nice chBU is going to be in for a rude awakening if these coins ever get collected. Try finding a nice choice '69 quarter or a gemmy '82-P made from good dies and you'll see these coins are scarce. Over the decades most of the mint sets have been cut up and destroyed because there has been solittle interest in them. When the demand materializes someday there won't be mint sets to fill it and they certainly won't sell for pennies any longer.[/QUOTE]
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