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Foolsgold Valued Member United States 220 Posts	Posted 08/01/2012 9:42 pm in what year did the mint start packaging all the sets in the current plastic "slab"? Report this Post to the Staff

Fuzzy317 Moderator United States 14463 Posts	Posted 08/01/2012 9:47 pm believe they started the slab for proof sets in 1968 that was earliest I could find anyway Edited by Fuzzy317 08/01/2012 9:48 pm Report this Post to the Staff
COINAHOLIC Rest in Peace United States 1501 Posts	Posted 08/02/2012 02:51 am Fuzzy317 is correct, but, in 1973 the mint changed the packaging with the Ike dollar through 1978, used again in 1979 with an adapter for the Susan B. then a smaller case in 1980, '81, and '82 then went back to the style and size in that the use today 1983. Edited by COINAHOLIC 08/02/2012 03:00 am Report this Post to the Staff
onecenter New Member United States 34 Posts	Posted 08/03/2012 12:43 am The two-lens proof sets began in 1999 with the advent of the Statehood Quarters. 2007 saw the first three-lens sets with the issuance of the Presidential dollars. With some modifications, the current method of packaging started in 1966 in a long line of five coins for the second year of Special Mint Sets (1965-1967). In 1968, the annual proof set was issued from San Francisco in a hard plastic case with a outer box. Report this Post to the Staff
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