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<p>[QUOTE="CoinSwede, post: 25173, member: 1770"]Breaking up proof sets to find MS69-70 coins could pay off, but sometimes it's not worth it.</p><p>I'm trying to build a set of 50 state quarters with the P&D, clad proof and the silver proof coin from each state. For the year 1999 it seems like a waste of money to pay around $270 for a silver proof set and break it up. Even the MS70 silver proof state quarters don't seem to be worth more than $20 each (a knowledgable coin-collecting colleague showed me an online list that I don't have access to). If the whole set was MS70 coins it would be worth less than $200 total (and what are the chances of a complete set of MS70s...)</p><p>No, I think I'll go for loose coins instead of breaking up the silver proof set from that year.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="CoinSwede, post: 25173, member: 1770"]Breaking up proof sets to find MS69-70 coins could pay off, but sometimes it's not worth it. I'm trying to build a set of 50 state quarters with the P&D, clad proof and the silver proof coin from each state. For the year 1999 it seems like a waste of money to pay around $270 for a silver proof set and break it up. Even the MS70 silver proof state quarters don't seem to be worth more than $20 each (a knowledgable coin-collecting colleague showed me an online list that I don't have access to). If the whole set was MS70 coins it would be worth less than $200 total (and what are the chances of a complete set of MS70s...) No, I think I'll go for loose coins instead of breaking up the silver proof set from that year.[/QUOTE]
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