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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cladking, post: 496445, member: 68&quot;]There are a few factors at work here.&nbsp; Probably the main factor is that the mint failed tpo solicit their regular mint set customers for sales of their 1986 mint sets due to a computer glitch.&nbsp; This dramatically suppressed sales of the sets.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Setting aside pennies is highly variable from one year to the next because they&nbsp; are so inexpensive that large numbers can be saved but few people were doing it in those days.&nbsp; To some extent savings would depend on quality since people tend to not want to set aside poor coins.&nbsp; The Philly production was pretty bad because of plating and surface problems.&nbsp; (note that if a coin corrodes in a roll it wll likely spot the adjacent coin).&nbsp; Mint set quality was actually pretty decent and the mint finally got a handle on most of the worst plating problems with these.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>While I don&#039;t think any buyers are really expecting MS-65 quality in the rolls, they do expect them not to be corroded and tarnished and this usually will mean MS-62-65 with the Philly and a little better and wider spread with the Denvers.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Really over time there will be a lot more of the modern cents and other denominations emerge as being tough.&nbsp; The demand for rolls is quite subdued and comes largely from retail set assemblers.&nbsp; While some of the cent rolls exist in ample quantities some do not but it isn&#039;t apparent due to weak demand.&nbsp; Quality can also be a huge problem.&nbsp; Some people will open up their rolls and find that the coins are just junk.&nbsp; Even some of the coins that are common in gem will be rare in superb gem.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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