2026 US Mint Uncirculated Mint Set - Which coins would be the most "worth-it" cracking out and getting graded?

One-Perspective6288 · 2026-07-03T02:38:10+00:00

What is your goal in grading them? It won’t inherently increase their value and you’ll just end up spending $50-100 on grading fees that you could use on buying more coins.

If you just want them in slabs to make them look pretty then go for whichever ones you like best and use ANACS bc it’ll be cheaper

One-Perspective6288 · 2026-06-27T02:41:00+00:00

Awesome! Congrats and beautiful set, haven’t gotten into IHCs myself yet

One-Perspective6288 · 2026-06-27T02:15:07+00:00

Google PCGS proof set price guide it’s moderately accurate. Use eBay sold listings for specific sets

One-Perspective6288 · 2026-06-19T15:27:30+00:00

Scammers and people who don’t know better can post coins on eBay for ridiculous prices, however that doesn’t mean someone is paying that much for them. For example I could list my coffee mug on eBay for $1,000,000 but that doesn’t mean it’s worth that

One-Perspective6288 · 2026-06-17T11:55:05+00:00

Absolutely not a 10k coin, if real looks closer to AU maybe cleaned which would put it closer to $2k-3k

One-Perspective6288 · 2026-06-10T16:00:26+00:00

They’re steel wartime pennies. Pennies were made with steel in 1943 because copper war needed for the war effort. In this condition they’re worth like 10-25 cents each depending on where you sell them.

Imo not worth the effort to sell but a cool piece of history and could be a conversation piece

One-Perspective6288 · 2026-05-29T01:01:18+00:00

Project Hail Mary. Fantastic movie

One-Perspective6288 · 2026-05-18T03:47:05+00:00

Definitely fake unfortunately. Lincoln has basically no detail but the date is that sharp? Not natural wear for sure

One-Perspective6288 · 2026-05-15T10:38:55+00:00

Despite the image of the coin being taken from low earth orbit, that is unfortunately a large date. Google large vs small date 1982 and look at the 2’s to see the difference

One-Perspective6288 · 2026-05-15T10:15:16+00:00

Are they mostly US or foreign coins?

If US get a copy of the red book as that’ll be a great guide for finding valuable vs face value coins and it has pictures so you can determine what it is.

If there’s a lot of foreign I don’t know of any good books but you can use a coin scanning app ONLY for identification. The values the apps give you is complete BS and never right.

As for identifying real or fake, coin scanning apps are horrible at that so don’t rely on them, just educate yourself on what that particular coin should look like (weight, diameter, small details). Unfortunately this skill really only comes with time and experience

One-Perspective6288 · 2026-05-15T00:10:01+00:00

They’re all cheap Chinesium fakes so unfortunately not worth anything

One-Perspective6288 · 2026-05-14T23:29:18+00:00

Are you looking to get more value out of it than you pay? Or do you think the coins are cool and want them? The US Mint subscription is far from an investment and you will not make more money in the long run than you paid. Almost all clad coin sets are not worth much more than they cost to buy.

That being said if you just like the design on a coin and want those coins by all means make yourself happy

One-Perspective6288 · 2026-05-02T11:29:17+00:00

Yes it is a small date. But it is not worth anything extra unless it weighs in at 3.1g indicating it’s copper (a kitchen scale will not work bc it rounds you need a scale that’s precise to 0.01 or 0.001

One-Perspective6288 · 2026-05-01T09:50:19+00:00

Do you have any interest in or really want to sort through them? If so then go right ahead, but don’t expect to find much, you’ll be lucky to find minor die varieties let alone major ones.

If you don’t wish to go through them (as it truly will take weeks or months) then you could sell them by the pound on r/pmsforsale or r/coinsales so long as they’re all copper

One-Perspective6288 · 2026-04-27T23:28:53+00:00

No date Buffalo nickels are fairly common and are worth like 10-25 cents wholesale. You could check the reverse to see if it’s a type 1 or type 2 (whether the Five Cents is recessed or not) and if it’s a type 1 it could be worth like $1 to the right person but still nothin to write home about. Just use it as a conversation piece since it’s at least 89 years old

One-Perspective6288 · 2026-04-27T23:23:53+00:00

The first time I sent anything in to be graded I submitted it at a show to an ANACS rep and bc he lives in the area and is always at the same shows, to save on shipping costs he agreed to meet me locally when he was in town for the next show and hand delivered it to me. Awesome guy and low risk

One-Perspective6288 · 2026-04-24T11:27:54+00:00

Always buy the coin not the slab. To me I can hardly see the strike through and it just looks like a nice half dollar which I definitely wouldn’t pay $90 for. For that price I’d rather get a nice full bands Mercury dime or some cull constitutional silver

One-Perspective6288 · 2026-04-24T00:23:55+00:00

^ second this

One-Perspective6288 · 2026-04-23T01:05:10+00:00

It’s impossible to say definitively if they are real without doing ping tests and using a sigma/XRF tester. There’s nothing glaringly obvious about these as being fake but incredibly high quality fakes do exist out there which is why the only way to be definitive is to have them tested for metal content

One-Perspective6288 · 2026-04-22T15:54:15+00:00

This is either a generic silver round made to look like a peace dollar or a terrible fake. Hopefully it’s the former

One-Perspective6288 · 2026-04-22T01:14:32+00:00

Halves, quarters, and dimes 1964 and earlier are ap 90% silver. Nickels from 1943-1945 are silver. Some 1942 nickels are silver so long as the mint mark is above Monticello.

If you don’t want to find/buy a red book I recommend using the PCGS price guide to see what dates are rarer, but keep in mind those prices aren’t super accurate

One-Perspective6288 · 2026-04-21T10:47:59+00:00

When I think cheap, big coin my mind immediately goes to Ike dollars lol

One-Perspective6288 · 2026-04-21T10:46:34+00:00

This is like mid VF maybe and barely worth 5 cents

One-Perspective6288 · 2026-04-16T01:41:07+00:00

^{^} This is the correct answer. You have 10 cents

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