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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cladking, post: 892988, member: 68&quot;]Yes, good point.</p><p><br /></p><p>When I say 2% are gemmy I&#039;m referrring to the original sets as they left the mint.&nbsp; Some of these coins are greatly picked over and that means most of the sets at a coin show usually.&nbsp; Most of those picking are primarily looking at Ikes, halfs and varieties and are much less likely to pick over something like the dimes.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>You need to check sets as close to the point they come on the market as possible.&nbsp; This usually means the brick and mortar shops and the big wholesalers.&nbsp; If you see sets are picked over then don&#039;t even bother looking.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>This isn&#039;t nearly&nbsp; as big a problem as many people believe because these sets tend to get cut up for pieces after they&#039;re picked over so they don&#039;t accumulate on the market.&nbsp; A lot of the sets are fresh or nearly so.&nbsp; This is one of the advantages of building sets of the denominations; you know what good coins look like so you can seek them out. Without a frame of reference you might be buying junk.&nbsp; You can&#039;t expect every coin to look like a gem.</p><p><br /></p><p>You need to be wary since there are many ways to pick over sets.&nbsp; Once in a while you&#039;ll even see batches of sets that seem great because there are no bad coins at all but then when you look closer you&#039;ll see there aren&#039;t any good ones either.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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