I got a few new coins today...

[jeh46544]

I almost forgot about my new coins! Today I bought a 1960 proof set and a 1966 special mint set. They are very nice! In a few weeks I'll be sending them and a 1957 proof set to NGC! It'll take me some time to get the money for grading, at $11 a piece and I have 15 pieces, that's alot. (For me anyway.) I hope you like them!

 

P.S. I'll try to get some scans of them tonight!

[jtryka]

Cool Joe! I can't wait to see them!

[jeh46544]

In the proof set there was a card that I find kind of humorous. It reads as follows:

 

YOUR U.S. PROOF COINS-

 

have been carefully inspected before release!

 

If there should appear- what may seem to you- a defect or a scratch on a coin- it is no doubt a crease in the polyethylene-coated cellophane in which they are encased.

 

We tell you this to save us both unnecessary correspondance.

THANK YOU!

 

Rae V. Biester,

Superintendent.

[jeh46544]

I can't seem to get the pictures to work, I'll have to try again tomorrow...

[GP_]

sounds good! sorting through those older mint sets can be fun! Cant wait to see the pics

[jeh46544]

Here are the obverses. (see attachement)

[jeh46544]

The other obverses. (see attachement)

[Weidel Legacy Collection]

Very nice SMS set. Are you going to send everything into NGC or cherry pick? Usually I pick out the best from within the sets rather than pay grading costs for coins that probably don't warrant it. That's not to say that I haven't made some damn poor choices

 

...but I do try to send only what I think are superior examples.

 

[jeh46544]

I havn't decided. Though, I'm thinking of only sending the 50C and 5C from the SMS set. I might not send in the proof set either. I've got 9 spectacular Roosevelts I may send in instead of the proof set.

[Weidel Legacy Collection]

Is the '60 cent a large or small date variety? That could help to make up your mind on what to send.

[jeh46544]

It's the large date. The shop where I bought them had the small date too, but if I would have bought that I wouldn't of had enough for the SMS set. I'll probably go back next weekend with some more money and buy the small date set.

[jtryka]

Very nice sets joe! I really like that proof set.

[Wihlborg]

Nice sets!

 

I also have found some very nice coins going through old mint and proof sets, but it takes looking at alot of sets to find those really special coins.

 

John

[DonHeath]

Nice sets. The Jeff in the SMS looks pretty interesting. When you get time, could you put up a pic of the reverse?

[tgilliams]

joe

 

cherry pick your coins. some may not be worth slabbing fee.

[jeh46544]

Here is the reverse of the proof set. (See attachement)

[jeh46544]

And the Mint set reverse. (See attachement)

[GP_]

lookin good!

[DonHeath]

The SMS Jeff looks pretty cam. I'd probably enjoy the sets raw, but if I broke them up, I'd sure submit the Jeff through NCS. Pretty coins.

[jtryka]

The reverse of the SMS Kennedy looks really nice!