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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cladking, post: 7353955, member: 68&quot;]&quot;Mint sets&quot; are a tiny little backwoods of the modern coin markets even though virtually every single variety and Gem of circulating moderns originate in them!!!&nbsp; This extraordinary and unpredictable event has occurred due to a multitude of factors including the simple fact that most of the older sets are tarnished.&nbsp; Wholesalers want nice coins so they buy rolls assembled from sets instead of sets.&nbsp; When you advertise to buy &#039;69 mint sets about 90% of what comes in is tarnished and this includes &quot;all&quot; of the half dollars.&nbsp; &nbsp; So the half dollars go for over $5 and the sets containing several tough to find coins wholesale as low as $4.&nbsp; Crazy market!</p><p><br /></p><p>Of course there are almost no BU rolls of most moderns including most clads and even some cents and nickels.&nbsp; This leaves only the mint sets that are disappearing and selling for ridiculously low prices.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>A lot of the tarnished coins can still be saved.&nbsp; Some dates are ruined almost in their entirety but other dates more than 80% can be saved with a soak.&nbsp; Nobody cares and if these coins aren&#039;t conserved within the first ten or twelve years of going bad they probably can&#039;t be saved.&nbsp; People would be amazed at the percentages of some coins that have been ruined.&nbsp; This means that varieties and Gems are going too.&nbsp;&nbsp; Even though most of these have been lost or destroyed or sold to the general public the few survivors are now corroding away.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I believe it is important to save these coins for future generations.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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