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New Member
United States
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I recently purchased what I thought was a 1964 mint set from an individual at a coin show. The outside envelope looks exactly like others I have seen. However, the set has 6 coins per sleeve (instead of the normal 5)P&D; each has two dimes. The token is also different from what I have seen on the internet. Is this a true mint set or something someone pieced together? Any help/advice is appreciated! Thank you.   |
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New Member
 United States
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This is an image of one of the sets. Thanks!  |
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New Member
United States
10 Posts |
This is a picture of the other set (Denver). Thanks!  |
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Valued Member
United States
374 Posts |
I'm interested in this one, surely looks nothing like the '64 mint sets I have.
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Rest in Peace
United States
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Definitely not the normal set from the mints. The mint cello has red stripes on the Denver set and blue stripes on the edges of the Philly set. It looks like a homemade set using a real Gov. envelope or was there a souvenir set?
Edited by dave700x
07/27/2014 12:01 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Wouldn't expect a homemade set in cellophane and a token though. The value isn't there to expect counterfeits either
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Pillar of the Community
Korea, Republic Of
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This is intriguing. I've never seen any 1964 sets that look like that with that token and two dimes a set.
Looks pretty "official-looking" too, with all that envelope, cello and tokens.
It would more likely be in a plastic holder that look similar to the ones used for the SMSs, if it was homemade.
Edited by Matteproof
07/27/2014 12:23 pm
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Valued Member
United States
183 Posts |
Its interesting they came in a San Francisco package. They didn't start doing mint/proof sets in San Francisco until 1968. What are the mint marks on the dimes ?
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New Member
United States
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Thank you all for your responses! It is quite odd; the set came with sheets of cardboard and the coins in each set have the proper mint mark. So I doubt a counterfeit-er would go to such lengths. Maybe the set has an earlier design scheme...? I'm not sure but thanks for the input.  |
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Valued Member
United States
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The envelope looks 100% correct.
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New Member
United States
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*The dimes in the Denver sleeve both have "D" mint mark. The dimes in the Philly sleeve lack a mint mark.
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Valued Member
United States
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Mgillette how can the envelope look correct when it says San Francisco, but these are P and D mint sets? I'm just curious. Thanks
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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This is an aftermarket, put together mint set. When the mint cut off mint set sales, the forerunners to today's tv marketers then made these things up and sold them through newspaper ads at inflated prices. This was in the era of the coin shortage and the end of circulating silver. Money was to be made and they were good at it.
Yours is not a mint issued mint set. The envelope may be original but the insides aren't.
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Valued Member
United States
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Socal - Go on ebay and look at every other envelope on there. They were not sent from the mint, but the US Assay office. |
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Rest in Peace
United States
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All the '64 mint sets came in this envelope with the San Francisco return address.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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dave700x and westernsky nailed it......no question....
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