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Message:: [QUOTE="BadThad, post: 707051, member: 17261"]Indeed my friend, we've dicussed this topic before. Honestly, I haven't had much look looking in the mint sets. The vast majority of them are spotted. I almost have a mint set coin for each Memorial in my collection. I'm not exagerating when I say that 99.5% of my biz strike coins are fair nicer than my mint set coins. Then again, I haven't searched near as many mint sets as I have rolls and singles. On the mint sets, yes, they are generally better struck....but most have spotting and hits due to mistreatment by the mint. Examples with less hits and spots are best found in OBW rolls in my experience....but you gotta hit the lucky roll. Most of the rolls have been improperly stored and it's quite often the entire roll is ruined. It's rare to find one that was properly stored and happens to be from an early die state. When I find a roll like that it's exciting!   I agree, now that the Memorial cent has been discontinued I'm hoping collector interest perks up. You're dead on regarding the comment about collectors being "bothered" to search for them. It's not until they become serious that they will realise the task before them will be more difficult than they ever could have imagined. LOL The only easy path to a gem collection isl to buy a lot of slabs...and that's going to be expensive considering the number of coins, 107 not including proofs, errors and varieties.   Agreed.[/QUOTE]