http://www.coinlink.com/News/general-collecting/coin-collecting-set-premiums-fact-or-fiction/ Rare Coins & Currency News for Numismatic Collectors - Updated Daily Mon, 07 May 2012 19:57:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 http://www.coinlink.com/News/general-collecting/coin-collecting-set-premiums-fact-or-fiction/comment-page-1/#comment-181227 L. Golino Sat, 04 Sep 2010 23:58:57 +0000 http://www.coinlink.com/News/?p=7443#comment-181227 This is an issue I have been thinking about recently. Mr. Winter makes many good points. To me the main issue is the rarity or scarcity of the set. There is little question that a unique set of very rare coins, or a very-grade original set that is extremely hard to assemble are worth more as a set. How much more is debatable but they are more than likely worth more as a set to a colector or a dealer. But most of us collectors, even serious ones, simply don't and can't afford those kind of coins and sets. So to me the real issue is does this apply to coins which are neither common nor very rare but are somewhere in between. For example a nice accurately-graded MS65 Walker short set in which all the coins have nice strikes (as much as possible for certain dates, as Walker collectors know) and perhaps all or most of the coins have CAC-stickers and are graded by the top grading company. Would such a set be worth more as a set? It is not rare but it is also not easy to assemble by any means, and personally I think such a set is quite desirable. I wonder what Mr. Winters or others think. One could substitute for my example another set that the serious but not well-healed collector might assemble such as an MS63 or better set of Peace Dollars. This is an issue I have been thinking about recently. Mr. Winter makes many good points. To me the main issue is the rarity or scarcity of the set. There is little question that a unique set of very rare coins, or a very-grade original set that is extremely hard to assemble are worth more as a set. How much more is debatable but they are more than likely worth more as a set to a colector or a dealer. But most of us collectors, even serious ones, simply don’t and can’t afford those kind of coins and sets. So to me the real issue is does this apply to coins which are neither common nor very rare but are somewhere in between. For example a nice accurately-graded MS65 Walker short set in which all the coins have nice strikes (as much as possible for certain dates, as Walker collectors know) and perhaps all or most of the coins have CAC-stickers and are graded by the top grading company. Would such a set be worth more as a set? It is not rare but it is also not easy to assemble by any means, and personally I think such a set is quite desirable. I wonder what Mr. Winters or others think. One could substitute for my example another set that the serious but not well-healed collector might assemble such as an MS63 or better set of Peace Dollars.

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