Something That Has Helped Me: Short Sets

Camaro wrote:
"You can distinguish a regular set from a high speed set based on the original mint packaging of the set. The normal set has a white stripe down the side of the package, the high speed sets do not."

This intrigues me. Are there any characteristics (no matter how minor) aside from the packaging that can be used to ID the high-speed quarters? Does this also apply to the half dollar and dollar?

 

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bump it up a little and you can go for the short set of walkers '41-'47. it's 20 coins but makes a nice set. in MS64 none will break the bank. I did one a few years back and it fits in a 11x14" display case.

 

I started this thread a few months ago and have since thought up a few other short sets to go along with those mentioned in the opening post.

-Decade set (for example: 1950-1959)

-First year of coin types (For example: 1909 Lincoln Wheat, 1932 Washington Quarter, etc.)

-Last year of coin types (for example: 1947 Walking Liberty Half Dollar, etc.)

 

I'm sorry I didn't see this until now. The high speed sets the coins are typically of very poor quality. Poor strikes and bad eye appeal. I'm not sure if there is a 100% lock way to determine then once the package has been removed...but circumstantial evidence is certainly there.

This applies to the whole set.