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Looked around for an answer but did not find anything, so here is my first post. 1955 proof set that all coins are 1955 except the Half that is a 1956 type II, did this mistake happen often or is it a rare mistake? How do I go about finding whats its worth? Thanks, Charles  Edited by chalenn
12/09/2013 3:04 pm
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 Nice find. It looks like the mint got a head-start on the Franklins. I don't know how often it happens, nor if there is any premium but I would assume there might be. It seems to me I saw something like this once before..... going to go look around on the interwebs.... |
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Nice find. Is it possible the slot for the Franklin has been split open? I hope not. There was a post about this I believe Buddy.
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I do not believe that is the whole packet. The cent and the mint foil are not in the image. In some of the packaging the foil did not make it in ( https://goccf.com/t/81462). I could not find anything on CCF yet that references your scenario - I have a hard time envisioning this happening at the mint and wonder if someone switched them out. |
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bpoc1,
I sure hope its not a fake. I can not look to see if your correct or not being I'm not at home and will not be until Monday or Tuesday, this has got me a bit worried, I now hope I can get home sooner to look and see if I got scammed. One other newbe question is the Half a cameo or is it just how it looks in the photo?
Thanks,
C
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CoinsKelly, The proof set has the mint medallion. I only posted one of the two I had sent to me by the wife and did not think to post both, so attached the other below, sorry to not have posted both at the same time for you to see. Charles  |
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It kind of looks to me like the cello packaging has been resealed on both sets(photos). I've never heard of this scenario as a mint error, unfortunately.
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12/10/2013 1:10 pm
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I only see one set not two sets. Not sure what the problem is here. Seems pretty simple to me. They were still putting out
the 55 sets in 56. Unless the coin was obviously cut out and replaced with another. Not worth the effort so I say a pretty
scarce find here. Technically a packaging error.
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I hear your concern about the purchase price. The first thing I would do would be to make sure that all of the seams are in tact and there are no cuts in the packaging. Then, I would approach it this way: look at what they are selling on ebay ( http://www.ebay.com/sch/195055-/411...Complete=1), figure the average and anything above that is the value you placed on the error. If you are comfortable with that difference, don't sweat it. I have not seen this happen before with proofs but that does not mean this is not the case. You also asked if this was a cameo Frankin. I cannot tell but hopefully those wiser than I will chime in.  |
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I want to Thank everyone for their help. When I get back home will have to double check to make sure the 1956 was not inserted into the set. I can only hope its a very rare thing to happen being no one here has seen or knows of another like it and that means it must be worth one or two bazillion dollars right  Again many thanks, Charles |
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I would carefully examine the seals and compare them with other 1956 sets to make sure this isn't something put together in the aftermarket.
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Conder101,
I will checked all sides of the cello when I get back home, if I find something odd or that I am unsure of I'll post a photo to have extra eyes helping. IIRC the previous owner claimed he had owned the set for several years so I either got screwed or found a one of a one of a kind proof set.
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Be cool to be real I vote FRAME IT haha nice find I agree too much effort to fake.
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Be cool to be real I vote FRAME IT haha nice find I agree too much effort to fake. I don't think so. You yourself have an aftermarket set with a different mint token. How would this be any harder to fake that that? https://goccf.com/t/163855 |
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This was resealed. You can see it along the side of the token and half and quarter, much more so by the half. It should all have that waffle look to it, shouldnt be a seam
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This was resealed. You can see it along the side of the token and half and quarter, much more so by the half. It should all have that waffle look to it, shouldnt be a seam That was my thought as well but I don't have any mint sets to compare it to so I wasn't sure. |
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