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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;oval_man, post: 836157, member: 22602&quot;]Hello. I&#039;ve been going through some proof and mint sets from the 60&#039;s - 80&#039;s. I&#039;m not a collector of these and want to get rid of them (the common ones, anyway).</p><p><br /></p><p>I came across a Franklin in a partial &#039;62 mint set. It&#039;s untoned and, to my eye, absolutely flawless (except not FBL). I can&#039;t detect marks on it and would put it in MS68 territory simply out of caution. (I don&#039;t collect moderns but to compare it to something I have, it is nicer than an MS69 ASE.)</p><p><br /></p><p>I checked out slabbed MS66 Franklins on Heritage&#039;s auction site and also the Numismedia and PCGS price guides. MS66&#039;s (not FBL) are valued in the neighborhood of $800 to $1,000.</p><p><br /></p><p>What am I missing here? Other mint sets I have from &#039;64 and from the 70&#039;s have the usual bag marks. Yet I&#039;ve read nothing that suggests that early 60&#039;s sets were minted with special care.</p><p><br /></p><p>Can someone shed some light on this for me? I can&#039;t imagine I&#039;d be so lucky as to get a $1,000 half from a mint set. Thanks.</p><p><br /></p><p>BTW, it&#039;s kind of sad to see that Greysheet bid on some of these proof sets is half issue price.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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