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<p>[QUOTE="cladking, post: 6222626, member: 68"]Anyone collecting these mint sets knows this isn't true.</p><p><br /></p><p>Since 1965 the exact methods to make these sets and coins has changed again and again but a few things have remained constant. The coins are made by new dies at lower speed and higher pressure. And they are washed and dried. </p><p><br /></p><p>This hardly assures every coin is a Gem but finding Gems in mint sets is like shooting fish in a barrel compared to looking for them in boxes or bags. </p><p><br /></p><p>Of course souvenir sets are different and are not specially made. However, they did take a lot of care in the selection of which coins were used in the sets. This same applies to all of the privately packaged sets for '82 and '83 though these are often poor anyway because many bags of these dates contained no nice coins at all. </p><p><br /></p><p>Ironically the souvenir sets for these dates are among the least likely places to find Gems. This goes several times over for the '82-P quarter and is somewhat true for the '83-P. Numismatic News sets are the best for the '82 and P&J sets probably are best for the '83. </p><p><br /></p><p>The reason Gems of these dates are scarce is that very few were made at all and most went into circulation. And then very few coins were saved at all. What were saved is by no means representative of the garbage that was struck in those years. In typical years there would be thousands of Gems placed into regular mint sets. </p><p><br /></p><p>The mint didn't own up to the quality of these sets until 1996 when they finally admitted they were made specially (just like SMS) but this had been true all along for clads. Now these mint sets are gone because they were unloved and allowed to corrode away. (I hope to have some good news on this topic soon.)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="cladking, post: 6222626, member: 68"]Anyone collecting these mint sets knows this isn't true. Since 1965 the exact methods to make these sets and coins has changed again and again but a few things have remained constant. The coins are made by new dies at lower speed and higher pressure. And they are washed and dried. This hardly assures every coin is a Gem but finding Gems in mint sets is like shooting fish in a barrel compared to looking for them in boxes or bags. Of course souvenir sets are different and are not specially made. However, they did take a lot of care in the selection of which coins were used in the sets. This same applies to all of the privately packaged sets for '82 and '83 though these are often poor anyway because many bags of these dates contained no nice coins at all. Ironically the souvenir sets for these dates are among the least likely places to find Gems. This goes several times over for the '82-P quarter and is somewhat true for the '83-P. Numismatic News sets are the best for the '82 and P&J sets probably are best for the '83. The reason Gems of these dates are scarce is that very few were made at all and most went into circulation. And then very few coins were saved at all. What were saved is by no means representative of the garbage that was struck in those years. In typical years there would be thousands of Gems placed into regular mint sets. The mint didn't own up to the quality of these sets until 1996 when they finally admitted they were made specially (just like SMS) but this had been true all along for clads. Now these mint sets are gone because they were unloved and allowed to corrode away. (I hope to have some good news on this topic soon.)[/QUOTE]
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