A little over a year ago I decided to start a collection of Mint and proofs sets from all over the Globe. At this time I don't even recall what inspired me. I think I was searching for a particular Silver coin and came across a Proof set that was less expensive than the Single coin by itself. Whatever the reason I think I got carried away, or maybe obsessed. Since then I have manage to obtain a little over 50 sets. A couple more are on the way and I am actively searching for a couple more. Yesterday I set about to reorganize the collection and came up with some interesting statistics. 51 Total Sets 44 Countries 38 Proof Sets 1 Proof Like Set 12 Mint Sets 20 Sets contain Silver 52 total Silver coins 34+ ounces of Silver 0.375 ASW lease amount of Silver in a set 5.6931 ASW most amout of Silver in a set $2.27 Least amount spent $100 Most amount spent $3.50 Least valuable set (Using Krause as a basis of value, not always accurate) $180 Most Valuable set (Same as above) 6 Sets valued over $100, Total $840 $276 Total cost of above sets $155 Biggest spread between my cost and Krause retail 746.15% Largest % of difference between cost and retail Cost $12.99 value $110 80.51% difference between total cost and retail 150% Enjoyment factor 2000 Lowest mintage of set 400,000 Higest mintage of set 11 Sets with mintage under 10,000 9 sets with mintage between 10,000 and 20,000 9 sets with mintage between 20,000 and 50,000 3 sets with mintage between 50,000 and 100,000 3 lowest number of coins in a set ( Haiti) 11 higest number of coins in a set ( Iceland) 347 total number of coins 1952 oldest set 2009 newest set 1976 Haiti Proof Set. Favorite set (for now) 1973 Barbados $10 and 1972 Trinidad and Tobago $10 Tied for favorite coin Anyway, that's a lot of stats. I am way too organized and have way too much time on my hands. I just started a vacation and was a little bored today. This is a link to view a slide show if anyone is interested in seeing them all together. I would enjoy hearing which set is your personal favorite and which individual coin trips your trigger. http://s1137.photobucket.com/user/sonlarson/slideshow/World Mint and Proof Sets While I am at photobucket, here is a link to my Silver coins. http://s1137.photobucket.com/user/sonlarson/slideshow/WORLD SILVER COINS Going to Grapevine TX coin show Saturday. Hope to find something interesting. Unfortunately the dealer with the best inventory is a big jerk. I wouldn't take anything from him if it were free. But that's another story.
