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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 1415857, member: 112&quot;]The key word in your comment is &quot;sometimes&quot;. Yes, sometimes the business strike example will have greater value. But sometimes it won&#039;t. The determining factor can be due to a few different things. It can be mintage numbers, it can be extant numbers (how many still survive), or it can be conditional rarity. But there is no absolute, for neither the Proof nor the business strike is always the most valuable of the two.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Same reasons as given above. But ask yourself a question, ever seen a &#039;56 PF70 DCAM in any denomination ? Ever seen a &#039;56 PF69 DCAM in any denomination ? Or for that matter, how many &#039;56 MS69&#039;s have you seen ? Again, neither one is an absolute.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Because you are a collector. And once you have started a set you fell compelled to keep on collecting it. And maybe because you like the Proof sets.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Very simple, the sets exist in fairly large numbers as compared to the number of collectors who want to own them.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Money is the usual answer, you think you stand to make some at some point in time. If the coin on ebay is an MS63 which sells for $5 and you want or need all examples of that date/mint, do you buy it or the mint set ? But in the same situation, if the coin on ebay is an MS67 and it costs $150, do you buy it or the mint set ?</p><p><br /></p><p>The answer depends on your motivation, your reason for buying the coin in the first place. Are you buying the coin because you think it is worth or will be worth a lot of money down the road, or are you buying the coin because you want to own an example of that date/mint ? Or, are you buying the coin because you want to brag and show off to all the other collectors out there what a nice collection of coins you have and in such high grades ?</p><p><br /></p><p>Your personal motivation answers the question.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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