Whether 'tis nobler to rip it open and see what's inside? or have it x-rayed!
Yea that's what I'm talk'n!
No really I am wondering if indeed you could see the date in an x-ray... anyone ever tried that? I've a large animal vet friend who will do it for me if I ask her to, just wondering if it will show up?
Selling it unopened is a morally-greasy practice which would not receive much approval around here since the overwhelming majority are common 83 and 84-CC's which had most of their original mintage in the GSA sales and are worth about $200. It's simply playing on the sensibilities of people who also play the lottery.
The important stuff with geniune numismatic value is inside and won't be disturbed. You will know year and mint from the outside of the original government packaging.
Dave that makes sense. This was a no reserve auction so I bought this on a lark... of course I like a roudy craps table as well. I'll make a little vid of opening it and see what I have! I will post it here.
For future reference, I believe those weren't actually original unopened GSAs. They are sold by the oodles on ebay, possibly repackaged. The original ones had the date stamped right on the package along with the name and address of the person shipped to. Check this thread and scroll down to photo.
GSA dollars were shipped in denim blue, pale yellow and white boxes. They were labeled with the purchaser's name and address and the GSA return address in Washington DC. Most of the packages had the date of the coin rubber stamped in bluish/purple ink that was hidden under the shipping label. Sometimes the label placement was off and the date stamp was visible.
The problem-free coins were shipped with a serial numbered card attesting to their authenticity and pedigree. The first two digits of the serial numbered card matched the last two digits of the date of the coin. The 1880 coins included an extra smaller card informing the purchaser that the 1880 coins may be of a variety. "Problem" coins were shipped with a generic non-serial numbered card.
I'd be very leary of any GSA Morgan being sold as "unopened". Boxes can be purchased and coins can be repackaged.
Besides, the GSA sales occured 40 years ago. Very few ORIGINAL unopened coins are still out there. Those that are on ebay and being advertised as original and unopened are highly questionable.
I received 3 of these back in the 1970's when I was a teenager. I don't remember or saved the packaging. No way I can remember what it was since I can't even remember what I had for lunch yesterday. I do remember my dad was upset because the same day I got my CC's, he got a letter from the mint rejecting his order of 50 of them claiming they were sold out.
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