2009 $1 M.O.R specimen coin

[runway]

I like your input Interest and the replies
Wedding sets used to be specimens but now proof coins in them.
The Downies Berlin mint sets are the only ones I have heard of and I suspect they are all RAM mint sets with a different outer sleeve?

[trout]

I like your input Interest and the replies
Wedding sets used to be specimens but now proof coins in them.
The Downies Berlin mint sets are the only ones I have heard of and I suspect they are all RAM mint sets with a different outer sleeve?

I bought the 2011 berlin mint set thinking it may contain something a little different to the 2011 Mint sets.
The coins are identical :dash1:

[Fulvio]

The coins are identical :dash1:

Not a problem... its the packaging that makes it special!
Oh wait, you're that guy who rips up all the packaging, aren't you? :Gigakach_01:

[trout]

The coins are identical :dash1:

Not a problem... its the packaging that makes it special!
Oh wait, you're that guy who rips up all the packaging, aren't you? :Gigakach_01:

That's Me :angel:
The only mint sets or clamshells that are still in the mint packaging are the ones I have bought extras of.
ALL the rest go into 2x2's and in my albums.
I would rather do this than have to go through hundreds of clamshells or sets just to view a coin when I can simply open the appropriate album and there it is.
I know that if I leave them in there respective packaging they are worth more But I don't collect as an investment , I collect purely for my own selfish enjoyment :ok:
Anyway the early mint packaging and some of the new stuff is actually detrimental to the coins health anyway and should be removed.
Anyway each to there own way of doing things.
If I kept everything in it original packing I would need to build another shed just to store them :angel:

[Fulvio]

If I kept everything in it original packing I would need to build another shed just to store them :angel:

Yeah, I can totally sympathise on that one. Hence my efforts to pack them into the smallest possible volume.

[trout]

If I kept everything in it original packing I would need to build another shed just to store them :angel:

Yeah, I can totally sympathise on that one. Hence my efforts to pack them into the smallest possible volume.

When you buy the different mintmarked/counterstamped dollar coins they come in a cardboard sleeve that offers absolutely NO protection against toning, as far as I am concerned the sooner these are removed from the packaging and stored correctly the better.
The BP type PVC wallets are another prime example of why the coins should be removed as well :ok:
The PNC issues are another problem, they come in a nice envelope with a stamp and the coin is fairly well protected in a capsule .
They then put this in that stinking big PVC envelope :dash1:

[interest]

Just for argument sake,, what price should I put this in my list as.??

[lacey]

The coins are identical :dash1:

Not a problem... its the packaging that makes it special!
Oh wait, you're that guy who rips up all the packaging, aren't you? :Gigakach_01:

That's Me :angel:
The only mint sets or clamshells that are still in the mint packaging are the ones I have bought extras of.
ALL the rest go into 2x2's and in my albums.
I would rather do this than have to go through hundreds of clamshells or sets just to view a coin when I can simply open the appropriate album and there it is.
I know that if I leave them in there respective packaging they are worth more But I don't collect as an investment , I collect purely for my own selfish enjoyment :ok:
Anyway the early mint packaging and some of the new stuff is actually detrimental to the coins health anyway and should be removed.
Anyway each to there own way of doing things.
If I kept everything in it original packing I would need to build another shed just to store them :angel:

I agree and do exactly the same thing.  it would create too much mess getting them all out and then to put it all away.

One album at a time is soooo much easier.

[runway]

I was disappointed when the wedding sets became proof coins is there any official specimen coins from the mint available or do they call mint set coins specimen?

[trout]

I was disappointed when the wedding sets became proof coins is there any official specimen coins from the mint available or do they call mint set coins specimen?

From2010 the wedding sets were proof coins :dash1;