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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cladking, post: 1388388, member: 68&quot;]They&#039;re really an interesting collection.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>They tend to be a little frustrating though because some mint and proof sets lose almost all their value if you cut them up.&nbsp; Many others become very difficult to sell.&nbsp; I&#039;m looking at a rare Sudanese proof set that has a little paper token in it.&nbsp; The set isn&#039;t worth a great deal but it&#039;s highly desirable and very low mintage.&nbsp; If I remove the token I might lose a huge set premium that developes in the future but if I don&#039;t remove it I&#039;ll probably never have this one for my collection.&nbsp; Many of these sets have tiny mintages and the tokens can be quite insubstantial and made out of foil or paper.&nbsp; Others are just boring and will get tossed in the trash.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>This is a collectible for the future really.&nbsp; There will be numerous rarities.&nbsp; Nonwe of the US tokens are likely to get much value.&nbsp; There are some interesting ones like the &#039;82 proof set token and there are the &#039;76 P &amp; D souvenir set tokens that are likely to get some interest.&nbsp; These latter ones are low mintage big heavy tokens (medals as well in this case since they commemmorate the bicentennial and Colorado centennial) that will get demand before too long.&nbsp; The foil proof set tokens have exceedingly high attrition but the mintages are just too high.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>There are remarkably few varieties in these tokens.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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