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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cladking, post: 24199, member: 68&quot;]Much depends on the date and the source.&nbsp; If you&#039;re looking for an &#039;85-D dime then there is little chance that most sets have been searched for this coin.&nbsp; But if you&#039;re talking about a frosted &#039;66 half dollar or a &#039;76 Ike then the chances of them being picked over is much higher.&nbsp; The biggest retailers do pick over their sets.&nbsp; The best source for original coins, surprisingly, are on the wholesale market.&nbsp; These sets often come straight from estates and are just shipped off by dealers after they&#039;ve accumulated too many.&nbsp; In the past the mint sets were rarely sold over the counter in shops at all.&nbsp; If the dealer had too many he&#039;d cut them up and put them in the register and ship the more expensive ones to the wholesalers.&nbsp; This is still the case except only the &#039;80 set isn&#039;t worth the postage to ship and there are now a few of these selling over the counter.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Look for fresh envelopes and the original shipping boxes.&nbsp; Most of these were originally purchased in lots of &quot;5&quot; so look at those that come in 5&#039;s. A faint indent in the envelope in the shape of the coins is often a good sign.&nbsp; Keep your eyes open since there are many original sets around.&nbsp; When these sets get into big bunches is when they get picked over and usually all these sets will be destroyed so cherry picking is not nearly so big an issue as you might think.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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