Take a look at the PCGS graded decimal coins category with many new coins added and more to be added over the next week. From 1966 to 1983 mint set coins were housed in pvc wallets which have proved over time to destroy the surface of the coin. The degradation of the pvc often leaves a sticky acidic residue on the surface of the coin which damages the coins irrepairably. Now you’d think that post 1983 the coins in blister pack mint sets would be of higher quality but we were surprised how difficult it has been to achieve the top PCGS grades from mint sets. Buy your coins slabbed by PCGS, they will not slab a damaged coin or ones with this pvc damage or pvc residue.
View our quality images first and make up your own mind which coin suits your collection, remember the higher the MS grade (up to MS70*), the better the coin -Australian grading doesn’t always reflect this.
*check the PCGS population report, often there have been very few if not any coins graded at the highest grades.