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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cladking, post: 47635, member: 68&quot;]&quot;I&nbsp; would also say the Mint and Proof Sets.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>Surely that would not include the 1980 mint sets!!!!&nbsp; These were made in huge numbers and only about two thirds&nbsp; have been destroyed over the years.&nbsp; This leaves about half as many as the number of still surviving 1950-D nickels which have been soaring in price and everyone seems to agree was already overpriced.&nbsp; Now it is true there aren&#039;t half as many collectors for nice mint state &#039;80-D quarters as there are for the earlier nickels and perhaps there never will be.&nbsp; But the act remains that while one &#039;50-D nickel generally looks very much like another that there is a huge spread in quality for the later coins.&nbsp; In other words there are perhaps 1 1/2 million nice &#039;50-D nickels which will cost you $15 per coin.&nbsp; There are half that number of unc &#039;80-D quarters and only 25% of them are nice.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>So what will this &quot;overpriced&quot; &#039;80-D cost?&nbsp; If you buy it in the mint set you get it for free but the catch is you have to take 7c with it.&nbsp; The set wholesales for less than face value.&nbsp; Indeed if you sell the rest of the set at current prices then then you can keep all the smaller denominations for no net cost.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>This is hardly the best value among the mint and proof sets.&nbsp; There&#039;re some that provide very scarce coins for two or three times face value.&nbsp; Almost any date might contain a very valuable high grade coin worth many hundreds or even thousands of dollars.&nbsp; Of course you have to be able to spot such bargains and it&#039;s helpful to be familiar with the many varieties which are known to appear in these sets.&nbsp; There are even a couple of highly desirable varieties in the sets which have never been listed.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>In my opinion most of the dates of these sets represent the opportunity of a lifetime and will not be available indefinitely.&nbsp; They will not be available because in many casews they are the sole source of specific coins in uncirculated (or proof) and the attrition to date has been horrendous.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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