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<p>[QUOTE="cladking, post: 1268772, member: 68"]If you only want one of each set then the means you use to acquire them is not very important and price should be the determining factor. </p><p><br /></p><p>I would suggest that instead you try to acquire choice sets. Genererally about one set in three is clearly superior and if you assemble the red and blue packets individually you'll have a much more desirable collection. Dealers will usually let you mix and match so you can pick up choice sets with good envelopes inexpensively. </p><p><br /></p><p>This is hardly for everyone but about 1% of these sets are mostly gem. This would make a great collection as well but would require much more effort and a little more cost. Post-'80 sets rarely come this way so just try to find very choice sets for later dates. They started using machines to package sets in 1980 which probably is the reason that later dates have more random coins in them. Earlier dates can be found quite easily with all "dogs" or all gems.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="cladking, post: 1268772, member: 68"]If you only want one of each set then the means you use to acquire them is not very important and price should be the determining factor. I would suggest that instead you try to acquire choice sets. Genererally about one set in three is clearly superior and if you assemble the red and blue packets individually you'll have a much more desirable collection. Dealers will usually let you mix and match so you can pick up choice sets with good envelopes inexpensively. This is hardly for everyone but about 1% of these sets are mostly gem. This would make a great collection as well but would require much more effort and a little more cost. Post-'80 sets rarely come this way so just try to find very choice sets for later dates. They started using machines to package sets in 1980 which probably is the reason that later dates have more random coins in them. Earlier dates can be found quite easily with all "dogs" or all gems.[/QUOTE]
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