Posted 02/19/2008 1:58 pm
Things from the Mint can have problems and this is not a new thing. The Eisenhower dollar "Brown Boxes" were notorious for allowing the Dollars to get "cloudy".
MLFLY, IMHO you made a good choice on pulling them out of the OGP and putting them in albums!
I used to get Proof Sets every year from the mint. My 1982 set had a problem. The Quarter was not inserted all the way and part of its edge was touching the plastic holder. It bothered me, but I kept it anyway for some reason I do not remember (maybe I just did not want the hassle). Later on, I broke apart all of my proof sets and put them in albums. When I did, I found the Quarter was fine and all of the "damage" I saw was just the plastic! I also found that all of my proofs looked much "happier" in an album along side their business strike brethren.
MLFLY, IMHO you made a good choice on pulling them out of the OGP and putting them in albums!
I used to get Proof Sets every year from the mint. My 1982 set had a problem. The Quarter was not inserted all the way and part of its edge was touching the plastic holder. It bothered me, but I kept it anyway for some reason I do not remember (maybe I just did not want the hassle). Later on, I broke apart all of my proof sets and put them in albums. When I did, I found the Quarter was fine and all of the "damage" I saw was just the plastic! I also found that all of my proofs looked much "happier" in an album along side their business strike brethren.
