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Question What is your advice to a novice about value of mint proof sets sold on programs as Coin Vault on Shopathome.tv
Answer Hello Bill,
The ones I have seen on the shopping channels are over priced. Sometimes Grossly Overpriced. I do not recommend them.
They do make a nice TV presentation in their holder but the coins themselves can be bought less expensively at most shops and any coin show.
Many are usually common date sets. And none are hard to get on the secondary market in sets or as single coins, with plastic holders is also for sale at large coin shows or directly from the Mint.
Although you need to do some footwork to put a full set of something like this together yourself it is more rewarding. And you learn more about the Hobby.
It is hard to price a the sets you mention without seeing them. But for example: The early 1960's years of proof sets from the Philadelphia Mint sell in proof 65 to 67 grade for or about $12 or less each.
The 1968 and later years of proof sets from the San Francisco Mint sell in proof 67 to 69 grade for as little as $4.50 to $6.50 for the 1968 to 1982 $21 or less each for most of the common date Clad Sets. The 90% Silver sets will cost more. Then some sets like the 1995 clad go for $45 to $60 and the 1995 Silver set is $70 to $95. So the metal they are made of and the date made is important.
IF you give me more specific years and type of proof set in another question I will be able to give you a better range of values.
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