Comments on: U.S. Mint 2019 Proof Set Purchase Includes Premium ‘W’ Cent

By: sam tweedy

sam tweedy — Tue, 23 Apr 2019 19:44:18 +0000

In reply to Rodney Moore. Run Forrest Run!!!!! Nooooo Thanks!!! I hear the silver set is even worse??

By: Rodney Moore

Rodney Moore — Sat, 09 Mar 2019 20:07:57 +0000

I just have received a couple of the proof sets in separate orders. The penny (Cent) is just in the plastic bag as shown on their website and not protected well as it can travel freely in the box. The free penny in one set was badly discolored! Next, I opened the the proof set. The Native American $1 has a bad scuff mark on Sacawagea’s cheek that is very noticeable. But that’s not the only problem. The rim lettering was so badly off center that it pushed up the rim and almost looks like rim damage. I suppose that it IS rim damage. I’ll be returning the set and free penny and have already called for the return label.
I opened the second box and everything in it looked pretty good. If I had just ordered the one I would be very upset.
The damage to the NA $1 was very noticeable with just a rapid cursory look. The Mint must not inspect each set? It would only take a few seconds per set, total, to do so.
It seems like the majority of the proof sets and silver proof sets usually have some kind of defect, either with one of the coins or debris in the capsules/lens.
The Mint should know that the buyer is coin to look very closely at the coins so they should take greater effort with quality control. A noticeable scuff on a proof coin is going to be noticed, and especially on the facial area when a person is featured on the coin.

By: JAN M FOX

JAN M FOX — Thu, 07 Mar 2019 02:57:06 +0000

In reply to Alva.

There you go…you come out a winner! Will be interesting to see the fate of this set and any future sets containing variations of this W Lincoln…also to see how much the coin(s) will fetch on the secondary market…grading services have e all ready jumped into the action by announcing special holders…should be fun to watch!

By: LEE

LEE — Wed, 06 Mar 2019 22:01:55 +0000

In reply to Seth Riesling. Even at 300k that still makes it more rare than the 1909SVDB. So given time it will be a rare collectible needed to complete the penny set.

By: Repo

Repo — Wed, 06 Mar 2019 21:35:08 +0000

why complain about every coin the US Mint makes ** stop buying

By: Alva

Alva — Wed, 06 Mar 2019 01:48:56 +0000

In reply to JAN M FOX. bough one 2019 proof set on bay for 24.45 yeasterday now they are down to 23.00 with out the w cent of course. Its cheaper to buy on bay than the mint. Maybe the mintage wont be that high, some people will buy the butcher sets (with out the w cent) instead of buying from the mint, So the excesive sets will find a home and dont increase the mint mintage. They get the cent, we get the normal set for cheap. Imagine if everyone buys the set for the cent and try to sell the rest of the set, the prices can go down to $15.00 lol

By: Alva

Alva — Wed, 06 Mar 2019 01:38:19 +0000

In reply to JAN M FOX. Thats great jan, i dont care about the w cent i just want the regular set. So i bough it for 24.45 with shipping. Thats a savings of 9.00 over the mint. 33.00 with shipping. I hope they continue to include extra coins so we proof collectors will get the sets for cheap. The bad thing is theres gonna be a lot of dumping of the proof sets and mintage will be too high for any future value. The 2019 is getting butcher for the W cent lol.

By: JAN M FOX

JAN M FOX — Tue, 05 Mar 2019 04:38:59 +0000

In reply to Christopher Williams. Someone thinks they can "rob" the "W" cent form the set and sell the rest of the coins for a dollar or two less than issue price!!

By: Christopher Williams

Christopher Williams — Sat, 02 Mar 2019 13:07:56 +0000

The set costs $27.95 including the “W” penny. I purchased a few and it displays three items (the set, the penny and the sleeve for the “W” penny).

If you look on Ebay, the “W” penny is selling anywhere between $13.00 and $17.00 by itself, which means the other ten (10) coins costs anywhere between $11.00 and $14.00.

Below is a link to “Sold” auctions. Look at the sales for just the “W” penny.

https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=2019+w+penny&_in_kw=1&_ex_kw=&_sacat=0&LH_Sold=1&_udlo=&_udhi=&_samilow=&_samihi=&_sadis=15&_stpos=07726&_sargn=-1%26saslc%3D1&_salic=1&_sop=12&_dmd=1&_ipg=50&LH_Complete=1&_fosrp=1

By: Seth Riesling

Seth Riesling — Sat, 02 Mar 2019 04:40:36 +0000

RonnieBGood –

They haven’t done this free coin promotion since1996 as I explained in my above post.

FYI everyone-

The West Point Mint has stuck Lincoln cents in the past & some of the 1976 Bicentennial coins for circulation without a Mint mark to help the Philadelphia Mint out during heavy workload periods over the decades but they are indistinguishable from the Philadelphia Mint coins.

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