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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lonegunlawyer, post: 1554353, member: 40282&quot;]Not necessarily.</p><p><br /></p><p>I assume your proofs are in Mint packaging?&nbsp; If this is the case, the is a market, and will probably always be a market for these coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you have purchased graded proofs, then prices will generally remain relative unless something occurs to increase/decrease supply and/or demand for that coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>If I look at my collecting over the years, I have purchased mint sets from the Mint, dealers, and online so that I can look at what a &quot;perfect&quot; coin should look like.&nbsp; When it comes to graded coins, I have purchased primarily Mint State examples because I am trying to obtain a really nice example of a circulation type strike because one would figure that most of these will go into commerce and get dinged and damaged.&nbsp; People do not buy Mint Sets to break up and spend.&nbsp; They are kept for collecting purposes.</p><p><br /></p><p>Summarily, if you like proofs, continue purchasing Mint Sets.&nbsp; If you can afford it, I recommend silver proof sets.&nbsp; When it comes to graded coins by PCGS, NGC, or ANACS, I would purchase mostly MS type coins of 69 for coins from the 90&#039;s to present and 66-69 prior to that depending on the coin and price.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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