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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cladking, post: 2327036, member: 68&quot;]This is another problem with the desirability and value of these sets; people do assume they are picked over and to a degree they are correct.&nbsp; An even more serious problem is that many of the sets are corroded now and this applies to almost all dates but especially those in the bad packaging 1968- 1984 and more especially those in the worst packaging 1968- 1971 and 1974- 1978. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>If you go around and order 100 1969 mint sets from 100 mail order sources you&#039;ll get an ugly accumulation of picked over sets.&nbsp; Most will have corrosion problems and Gems will be extremely few and far between.&nbsp; This will be very expensive now days as well. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>So the experience of searching these sets will reinforce the perception that they are picked over but the reality is different.&nbsp; The reality is that the largest source of these sets on the market remains&nbsp; even today sets that are taken into the local coin shop when a collector dies.&nbsp; These are often the first time the set has been on the market and these sets are usually not picked over at all.&nbsp; Indeed, they tend to run a little nicer than average since many mint set buyers bought five sets and sold all but one or two and these would sometimes be the choicer sets. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>There is a perception that mint sets are picked over but the reality is there just isn&#039;t that much interest in them and if you talk to your local dealer there&#039;s a good chance you can be the first to pick over his sets.&nbsp; Of course now days the dealers know to watch out for the varieties and some will even nab the Gem Ikes but, for the main part, the sets are not picked over but&nbsp; rather they arte just as bad as allthe sets the mint made.&nbsp; Collectors have too high an expectation for these.&nbsp; There weren&#039;t any MS-69&#039;s made and even in 1969 you&#039;d have to look at thousands of sets to see an MS-67. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Frankly I&#039;m happy to just find a nice gemmy coin once in a while in some of these sets.&nbsp; Sure most &#039;89-D pennies are Gems but you&#039;ll look long and hard for an &#039;84-D in Gem.&nbsp; &#039;69 quarters were made awful and half a century certainly hasn&#039;t improved them.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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