How Do You Feel About Coin Boxes?

I have to agree with basebal21 on this one. There are so many legitimate reasons that someone would be looking to purchase just the OGP for a coin or set they currently have that I see no reason not to do. Not to mention it HELPS the hobby and the environment by keeping them out of landfills and allowing the dealers to earn some additional revenue so they can stay in business and sell me more coins.

Buy directly from the mint. It will put your mind at rest and you'll probably get a discount on the item.

I collect coins, not boxes. As to what is offered on ebay, almost anything. People try to sell half eaten biscuits, piles of stuff, old cloths and on and on. So why not an empty box? I wouldn't doubt if someone tries to sell the materials to make one.

I recently found a auction on ebay. Someone had taken a 2000's cracked out set's packaging and inserted what appeared to be mint set coins into. Any speculation into his intent would be just that but none the less I passed right on by the auction. I occasional use whitman 5 coin set holders and put date set's together I recently did one for silver coins of the 40's and inserted a BU steel penny. Something fun for teaching about silver coinage. And ironically all coins are in pretty good shape.. Love digging au-bu coins out of "junk" boxes one of my favorite things.

OH? What about clad proofs in a silver proof case? Was a big scam back in 2000, 2001, 2002 when the 1999 and 2001 silver sets went through the roof.

I understand your reluctance to mention it, but it is probably good that it has been brought up. Something a potential buyer would want to verify without relying on the presence of a box and COA.

It probably is good that it was mentioned, my reluctance was more that it can create paranoia for those products. Scams certainly do exist as do fakes, but theyre not as prevalent as these conversations often make them seem. I'm sure anyone trying to run scams like that has already thought of anything that we could mention here.




I completely agree dealers have a role to play in the integrity of the hobby and helping to protect new buyers. However, at some point the buyers do need to take responsibility for what theyre going to be purchasing. If someones making money passing bullion ASEs off as proofs its only because the buyers didnt bother to do even the most basic of research for an unfamiliar product.

Im not one of those people that thinks people should have to spend years or months researching before making any products. But there is a point where a scam gets so simple/crude that no one else can prevent them from getting duped if they wont even look at other listings or do a simple product google search.