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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;superc, post: 1624325, member: 44079&quot;]Go on Ebay.&nbsp; My wife bought a bunch of US Mint proof sets in the early 80s.&nbsp; I found them after she passed and am horrified to see they go on the bay for about a third (less in some cases) of what she paid for them.&nbsp; As an investment US Mint proof sets are horrible.&nbsp; Okay maybe in 40 years they will recover to purchase price, but really silver is the way to go, and don&#039;t bother with silver proof if it isn&#039;t already in a NGS wrapper with a PF # of at least 63.</p><p><br /></p><p>I blame the US Mint for over pricing and minting ridiculously large numbers of their Mint sets.&nbsp; This led to a flooded market.</p><p><br /></p><p>I believe a person should have two categories of silver coins in their collection.&nbsp; About $1,000 face value should be in cheap poor to good condition common pre 1964 silver coins such as Mercury and Roosevelt dimes, Liberty and Washington quarters Kennedy and Franklin halves, Peace dollars (lots of merely good condition ones out there classified by Collectors as common dates).&nbsp; You may also (as I do from time to time) encounter poor condition Morgan dollars and raw, tarnished and dirty Silver Eagles selling at close to spot silver prices.&nbsp; Grab those when you can.&nbsp; Your goal should be to accumulate at least 20 pounds of bullion as an emergency stash.&nbsp; Your second category should be 100+ year old silver coins in as nice an NGS certified condition as you can afford.&nbsp; A common date Morgan in NGS PF68 or even MS63 is always a good thing to have.&nbsp; Matter of fact, in my opinion, having a few MS65+ Seated Liberty coins of various denominations probably wouldn&#039;t hurt either.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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