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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cladking, post: 2614252, member: 68&quot;]Most of my sets cost only a dollar or two or at most several dollars (plus bullion value).&nbsp; I&#039;ve cut up hundreds of sets to make storage easier and never imagined I&#039;d have to put any intact sets in safety deposit boxes.&nbsp; But now days a lot of these sets are listing for hundreds and even thousands of dollars so every year a few more sets have to go into storage. </p><p><br /></p><p>I can&#039;t count the number of Japanese sets I&#039;ve cut up to soak in acetone because of the green slime or Polish and Soviet sets that had to be cut up.&nbsp; One wonders how many of these coins are going to be around in 20 or 50 years starting from tiny mintages and considering the high attrition.&nbsp; Then consider that a lot of moderns don&#039;t exist in mint sets at all. </p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m going to start dumping a lot of sets on the market soon.&nbsp; I hate to do it but I need the room and I can&#039;t take care of all these coins.&nbsp; No, there probably won&#039;t be many mint sets but there are a lot of proof sets. </p><p><br /></p><p>Most people really missed the boat with these coins.&nbsp; There were hundreds of sets I passed up for a few dollars that now list for a few thousand but I never wanted to pay full price for anything.&nbsp; I remember a beautiful (unlisted I believe) 1958 BU&nbsp; Norwegian set I could have had for $50 and passed.&nbsp; There was a complete Gem BU Greenland set I passed for $50.&nbsp; I even passed a complete FM coin sets of all nations for $30.&nbsp; A lot of my best moderns were found in the 5 for a dollar box right after the dealer cut up another rare set.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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