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<p>[QUOTE="Prime Mover, post: 1624322, member: 38783"]I've got bunches of mint/proof sets from 1970 on. I'm currently going through them and cracking out the coins from each set that are the best to go back into a capitol/whitman mint-set plastic holder (or 2x2 for individuals that I might slab later) to form a couple collections of full mint/proof year sets. My personality is more plastic holder than album, since they store nicer for my needs.</p><p><br /></p><p>The coins that don't make it end up in plastic tubes for eventual resale. I see rolls of proof coins in tubes up on the 'bay, so might as well use the leftovers to get money back for more stuff. These coins could be useful towards folks like you putting the albums together, so you could leave your mint/proof sets untouched.</p><p><br /></p><p>I agree with Lyds, if you're just filling holes, put whatever you find in there. If you want to build a nice collection, then go ahead and go for the real nice ones out of the sets. As everyone else said, anything from '65 up is plentiful in supply and you can always go get more.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Prime Mover, post: 1624322, member: 38783"]I've got bunches of mint/proof sets from 1970 on. I'm currently going through them and cracking out the coins from each set that are the best to go back into a capitol/whitman mint-set plastic holder (or 2x2 for individuals that I might slab later) to form a couple collections of full mint/proof year sets. My personality is more plastic holder than album, since they store nicer for my needs. The coins that don't make it end up in plastic tubes for eventual resale. I see rolls of proof coins in tubes up on the 'bay, so might as well use the leftovers to get money back for more stuff. These coins could be useful towards folks like you putting the albums together, so you could leave your mint/proof sets untouched. I agree with Lyds, if you're just filling holes, put whatever you find in there. If you want to build a nice collection, then go ahead and go for the real nice ones out of the sets. As everyone else said, anything from '65 up is plentiful in supply and you can always go get more.[/QUOTE]
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