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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cladking, post: 893412, member: 68&quot;]The 1970 may be the most heavily picked over of all the mint sets.&nbsp; It&#039;s primarily the half dollar but the small dates are getting very tough unattributed.&nbsp; There has been much more speculative activity in&nbsp; this date over the years as well since the half dollar is considered a key.&nbsp; At one point the set sold for $50 and has been as low as $7.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>The half has also suffered a lot from corrosion, unattractive toning, and spotting.&nbsp; About 3% of these were full gem and better and a full 5% were near gem when these sets were issued.&nbsp; About .3% of them were a nice PL and most of these were among the gems and near gems.&nbsp; Most of the balance were nice choice coins but many (50%) had a lot of marking that was distracting.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Now days it&#039;s quite difficult to even find nice choice attractive coins.&nbsp; The ones you see tend to be marked up and usually unattractive.&nbsp; Gems have become decidely scarce.&nbsp; You just can&#039;t find any at all unless you find fresh sets.&nbsp; A lot of collectors need this date and will look at sets until they find a nice one.&nbsp; The small date is almost always searched.&nbsp; Both quarters come extremely nice and these can still be found in chGem and better.&nbsp; The dimes are similar.&nbsp; The &#039;70-S nickel is almost always disappointing because each will have one or two serious problems and there are lots of one sided gems.&nbsp; But about .08% will be spectacular gems.&nbsp; The &#039;70-D is easier but doesn&#039;t come as nice.&nbsp; All the cents come nice including the small date but good luck finding nice small dates.&nbsp; 10.1% of the sets have the small date but these, too, are picked over.&nbsp; There&#039;s some trouble with corrosion on the cents and it won&#039;t get better as time goes on.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>There&#039;s a really nifty S/ S RPM cent that gets very little attention and the sets aren&#039;t picked over for it.&nbsp; It&#039;s a little common though and appears in about 12.6% of sets.&nbsp; This might be the toughest of the &#039;70 mint set cents to find nice but does come as a choice gem fairly regularly; ~1%.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>This is the toughest date to cherry pick but the SMS&#039;s aren&#039;t far behind.&nbsp; You can still find varieties in the SMS&#039;s but forget cameos.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>One of the most overlooked coins in all the mint sets is Proof Likes.&nbsp; These vary from as common as 2% to exceedingly rare.&nbsp; You can also find coins made from brand new dies in these sets.&nbsp; The first ten coins or so from a die will have tiny flaws that weren&#039;t yet worn off.&nbsp; These are quite attractive and quite rare for moderns.&nbsp; Almost all of these made for circulation have been circulating for years and many of the mint set coins don&#039;t survive.&nbsp; Only about .005% of mint sets will contain one of these. </p><p><br /></p><p>Be sure to check the various sites including CONECA to see what varieties can be found in the mint sets.&nbsp; There&#039;s one that no one lists which is the 1981-P quarter with a type &quot;d&quot; reverse.&nbsp; This appears in about .6% of sets and is characterized by a shallower relief.&nbsp; The Pick Up Point is the right side of the N in UNUM is farther from the eagle&#039;s head.&nbsp; The coin is rare in unc from circulation.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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