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<p>[QUOTE="cladking, post: 9558, member: 68"]There's no right or wrong answer to the question and I do like both, but for the recent date sets, I'd take the mint sets. I guess it's the very wide range in quality in the circulation issues which makes the search for gems so rewarding. The proofs are fun to find in high grade, too, but there is relatively little range in quality.</p><p><br /></p><p>The mint sets are also complimented by the coins issued for circulation. There is no way to tell these apart but those issued in bags are actually superior on rare occasion which makes completing sets much more of a challenge. Also the circulation strikes will contain far more varieties than the mint set coins. To my mind it's more comparing proof coins to all the coins issued for circulation and the proof coins just can't match it despite their high quality and numerous varieties.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="cladking, post: 9558, member: 68"]There's no right or wrong answer to the question and I do like both, but for the recent date sets, I'd take the mint sets. I guess it's the very wide range in quality in the circulation issues which makes the search for gems so rewarding. The proofs are fun to find in high grade, too, but there is relatively little range in quality. The mint sets are also complimented by the coins issued for circulation. There is no way to tell these apart but those issued in bags are actually superior on rare occasion which makes completing sets much more of a challenge. Also the circulation strikes will contain far more varieties than the mint set coins. To my mind it's more comparing proof coins to all the coins issued for circulation and the proof coins just can't match it despite their high quality and numerous varieties.[/QUOTE]
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