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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cladking, post: 22789, member: 68&quot;]Most of the best moderns are found in the regular mint set offerred annually by the mint.&nbsp; The average quality in these sets is always higher than the average quality in rolls.&nbsp; There are a few coins that the best specimens come from BU rolls but this is very unusual.&nbsp; There are quite a few coins that don&#039;t appear in the mint sets at all so the only place to find them is in rolls or as singles.&nbsp; Dime and quarter rolls are exceedingly elusive so there is little option but to seek them in sets.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>The best bet is to look at mint sets and pick nice examples from this source.&nbsp; Many mint set coins are heavily marked or corroded.&nbsp; Some poor strikes also appear in these sets.&nbsp; You&#039;ll quite possibly need to buy a few of each date to be confident of getting all the coins which are pretty nice.&nbsp; Some coins are much tougher and will require extensive search.&nbsp; The toughest quarter in the set is the &#039;69 which is usually very unattractive and has multiple problems.&nbsp; The &#039;82-P is the toughest of the quarters in nice choice condition but doesn&#039;t appear in regular mint sets.&nbsp; Few rolls of these exist and souvenir mint set coins also tend to be poor.&nbsp; Most of the best of these are found in the sets issued by Numismatic News as a subscription premium or the blue and red set issued by Paul and Judy&#039;s coins.&nbsp; There are several others that will prove difficult.&nbsp; In Ikes the &#039;74 is toughest in choice condition from mint sets. </p><p><br /></p><p>Don&#039;t worry about cutting up the sets.&nbsp; The premium on these tends to be very low (or negative) compared to the value of the coins in them.&nbsp; A few of the later dates (like &#039;97) are expensive to cut though.&nbsp; Avoid buying complete sets to upgrade since most of these will need to have every coin in the set upgraded and they have gotten pretty pricey.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Good Luck.&nbsp; Happy Hunting.</p><p><br /></p><p>Let us know how you&#039;re doing or if you need any help.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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