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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kaparthy, post: 989041, member: 57463&quot;]Keep it in the frame.&nbsp; Leave it as it is.&nbsp; If you mess with it, you will lower its market value and destroy a memento left to you by your grandmother.</p><p><br /></p><p>Everyone has opiniions and the opinions here seem split.&nbsp; I don&#039;t know how to help you decide whose opinion to follow.&nbsp; If I trotted out my literary awards for writing about numismatics, someone would point to my mere 15 years in this hobby against their 30 and then toss in several of my published blunders.&nbsp;&nbsp; Let me offer these facts:</p><p><br /></p><p>Those &quot;Coins of Patriotism&quot; sets that came out in the Bicentennial Era -- many kinds; many ranges -- tended to use the most common coins and (as noted) to polish them so they looked nice and shiny, which actually ruins them.&nbsp; Your coins still show some of that gloss.&nbsp; Taking them out of the frame will not improve them.</p><p><br /></p><p>That said, this particular product seems pretty nice, a cut above the norm.&nbsp; It probably cost a lot when sold retail 40 years ago and the coin set is fairly complete.&nbsp; (Some discussion, perhaps, but it is nicely complete as a circulating coin set.)&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>The toning (blackness) is not necessarily a detraction.&nbsp; Some collectors like toning.</p><p><br /></p><p>Some numismatists are &quot;bibliophiles&quot; book-lovers, and among their collectibles are these presentation sets.&nbsp; It is not a big part of the hobby, but it is mostly for the advanced and sophisticated collector.&nbsp; So, maybe 20 or 40 years from now, you might find the buyer you need.&nbsp; Or you can pass them on to your grandchildren.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Overall, the generally best recommendation is always not to mess with something you don&#039;t understand.&nbsp; The literary phrase is &quot;gilding the lily.&quot;[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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