2016 sets

[runway]

Quality of all 2016 sets are 100%

[trout]

What!   No special $1 In the baby set, Pah!

Don't worry too much Goldie, I imagine that there will be a plethora of "Special" 25mm $1 coins minted again this year mate :angel:
I did get a little ABC medallion with the set
I did order a Proof Baby set with these coins and was sent a standard proof set by mistake .
The normal proofs with the NCLT design are rather nice so I decided to keep the extra set and just re order the Proof Baby set again.
By the time that set gets here I should be doing the "Grey haired Nomad" thing with the missus so perhaps someone else could post images of their Proof Baby set when they receive it :ok:

[Goldseeker]

Ah well, another set I have to get to maintain the collection.

It is really starting to get out of hand.

I have just spent a week valuating my collection from Greg Macdonalds book and have found a heap more errors to post.

Never mind, another set to get with different coins in them.

At this stage, the 2016 ABC coins will be given a big miss due to funding problems and space.

[trout]

Ah well, another set I have to get to maintain the collection.

 It is really starting to get out of hand.

I have just been getting the Year sets and the Proof sets, sometimes I get something that I simply like but I have thrown away the "Gotta have em all" Yoke as far as RAM is concerned :dance2:

[Nevol]

I always used to get a Year set, but not any more.  If I'm paying a premium to get six coins in a piece of cardboard, then the coins will have to be 'schmick', but they're far from it, so 2015 is the last year set for me.

At least it will allow me to buy something I will really love to have, say another pretty birdie coin. Just have to find the right one.

[trout]

I picked up my 2016 Baby Proof set yesterday and the coins are stunning :yahoo:

[runway]

I always used to get a Year set, but not any more.  If I'm paying a premium to get six coins in a piece of cardboard, then the coins will have to be 'schmick', but they're far from it, so 2015 is the last year set for me.

At least it will allow me to buy something I will really love to have, say another pretty birdie coin. Just have to find the right one.

Every collector buys annual mint set

[purplepennyhunter]

Every collector buys annual mint set

Must be every collector except me.

[JeffH]

And me. [And, I expect, quite a few others.]
My main interest is circulated (not "circulation") coins.

[trout]

Traditionally the mint sets have been the best way of getting those  gem coins for your collections all in one purchase.
However the mint has got cunning of late and you now have to get the baby set as well to have all the 6 circulating designs.
The same thing applies with the proof sets.
This year however that has changed the baby and the standard sets have full sets of 2 different designs.
RAM have been pretty "Coy" about which set of designs will be released for circulation But I have my doubts that it will be the "Changeover" designs.
We will just have to wait and see.

The quality of the Mint sets has dropped dramatically recently and I think this is a large contributing factor why many collectors now refuse to buy them.
The Proof set coins however are still produced with skill   and great care is taken so as not to "Mar" the coins during the packaging process.

[Triggersmob]

Every collector buys annual mint set

Must be every collector except me.

Not me either.

[Unicorn]

Every collector buys annual mint set

Must be every collector except me.

Not me either.

:laugh2: ....... me too ........

[autocoupler]

I'm still buying them, in my opinion the quickest and easiest way to acquire a truly uncirculated year set, irrespective of any perceived poor quality. Most coins offered today are not uncirculated, particularly the pre decimal stuff, and I don't care if they are in a slab or offered raw.

It's really all a big con in my opinion, raw uncirculated or MS62 and 63 for example can often display more rubs and dings than found on the old TV ringside, and they got those from circulating through peoples pockets and nowhere else despite any BS to the contrary.

[Nevol]

I decided that 2014 would be my last year for them, but was given a set for 2015 and could not resist the 2016, so it looks like RAM got me hook, line & sinker.

If I can keep my steely reserve intact, I'm now done with yearly sets.

[runway]

Annual Mint sets and Proof sets are the basics of what collectors buy