Expert: Dan Moore - 6/1/2009

Question
My father-in-law has been buying these sets for our children since 1993. I'm looking at one from 1997. It looks like he may have paid $8 for the set. It includes 2 each of the Lincoln cent, Jefferson Nickel, Roosevelt Dime, Washington Quarter and Kennedy Half Dollar, plus a mint mark piece from both the Philadelphia and Denver mints. Could you please let me know what these are worth? Will they ever gain considerable value? What makes these collectable other than their "new" condition?

Thank you!

Answer
Victoria,

The value of these sets depends on demand for them (which generally declines over the years) and available supply (which is usually prettymuch readily available for any year).  So generally speaking, the value of these sets will slowly decline over the years, with a few exceptions.

Current values :

1993 -- $3.00
1994 -- $2.50
1995 -- $4.50
1996 -- $10.00
1997 -- $7.00
1998 -- $3.00
1999 -- $7.50
2000 -- $6.00
2001 -- $10.00
2002 -- $12.50
2003 -- $10.00
2004 -- $18.50
2005 -- $5.00
2006 -- $8.00
2007 -- $15.00
2008 -- $20.00

The collectability of them is in that they are sets of all the coins issued for circulation each year.

I hope this helps,

Dan