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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;LEG END, post: 951569, member: 26139&quot;]<b>Price of proof sets is condition dependent, examine proof sets carefully for gems.</b></p><p><br /></p><p>When you are considering purchasing a proof set it is very helpful to find out what the average higher grades are. Some proof sets have plentiful 68-70 graded coins out there, and some proof coins in those grades are scarce as hen&#039;s teeth. Find out what years the seller has and read up from Population reports on available grade spreads in those proof set coins. Then when you eyeball the set,you have a tally already set in your head:</p><p>For instance,the Kennedy half for a particular year is plentiful, but the quarter is tight in higher grades. Look at all the coins, obverse and reverse, like card counters make their running tallies during a poker game. Once you are sure that Kennedy Half is a cull coin, you can dismiss it as part of the set. After all, your objective is either higher grades to replace coins in your collection already, or better grades to get graded and sell, or sell outright. Then if the quarter, nickel, dime and cent are all keepers, you don&#039;t fret so much buying the set that has a cull Kennedy in it. You might even find someone who has a group of coin sets their relatives handed down, and who is not aware of the prices of graded coins from proof sets. You might buy that group for cheap, and really clean up, with excellent coins across the whole purchased set group. Some proof sets were overproduced, and it may be forever before they rise in value. On the other hand, proof set prices generally are set at pf65 recommendations: that means there is an assumption of pf65 coins across the set. If you see 68-70 coins in the set, and you know the population reports in those grades is scant, by all means, take the set off their hands. When I offer to purchase a seller&#039;s coins, I offer sight unseen: that way I don&#039;t end up grading someone&#039;s sets for them and watching them sell to a dealer once they find out the potential worth. If you have not seen the sets, you can&#039;t be accused of low balling them on values. That may be the reason some dealers seem to bid very low.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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