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*** Edited by Staff to clarify topic title. Titles are important! ***I see mint sets from the 50's in their original packaging. But ive never seen sets with Mercury dimes or Buffalo nickels in their original packaging, even pictures are near impossible to find. I have no idea what they looked like!
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Mint sets began in 1947, after the mercury and buffalo were retired.
IN NECESSARIIS UNITAS - IN DUBIIS LIBERTAS - IN OMNIBUS CARITAS THE MAN IN THE ARENA, Theodore Roosevelt at the Sorbonne Paris on April 23, 1910: " It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself in a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat." My coin website: https://fairfaxcoins.com |
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Really? Even proof sets? And if so, how did people get them?
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Proof sets were made by the mint since the first days of the nation, but were offered for regular sale to the public in 1936. Early proof sets contained mercurys and buffaloes and Walking Liberty halves. Mint sets were uncirculated business strike coins assembled for sale to collectors. IN NECESSARIIS UNITAS - IN DUBIIS LIBERTAS - IN OMNIBUS CARITAS THE MAN IN THE ARENA, Theodore Roosevelt at the Sorbonne Paris on April 23, 1910: " It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself in a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat." My coin website: https://fairfaxcoins.comEdited by numismatic student
01/10/2017 9:38 pm
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This is a 1942 proof set with a Mercury dime. Early proof sets had coins in individually wrapped cellophane enclosures and you could order coins individually.  IN NECESSARIIS UNITAS - IN DUBIIS LIBERTAS - IN OMNIBUS CARITAS THE MAN IN THE ARENA, Theodore Roosevelt at the Sorbonne Paris on April 23, 1910: " It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself in a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat." My coin website: https://fairfaxcoins.com |
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Interesting, I think I have seen one of these, didnt the cellophane tone the coins?
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The concern is more that the cellophane would tone the coin in an uneven, unnatural fashion. Also, the cellophane was closed with a staple that could rust over time.
IN NECESSARIIS UNITAS - IN DUBIIS LIBERTAS - IN OMNIBUS CARITAS THE MAN IN THE ARENA, Theodore Roosevelt at the Sorbonne Paris on April 23, 1910: " It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself in a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat." My coin website: https://fairfaxcoins.com |
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Fascinating! I don't think I've ever seen an early proof set in its original packaging.
Paul Bulgerin
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I'm not sure if I have ever seen a boxed set from before 1942. (I may have seen a 1940 but I can't guarantee that. May be my memory playing tricks on me.) I had an original 1938 set (Purchased from the collector that got it from the mint in 38.) and it was packaged in the cellophane envelopes, stapled together and shipped in a fiber reinforced envelope. No box.
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01/11/2017 1:02 pm
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Interesting. I don't believe I've ever seen a complete pre-1950 proof set.
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How did one go about getting a mint buisness strike set?
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You had to write to the mint and enclose the required amount of money. Then they would send you one through the mail.
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Did they just send it back loose in an envelope? And what was the required amount of $$, face value?
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For proof coins, it was a premium over face value, but for unc. coins you needed to send the face value of the coins you wanted, plus a little extra to cover shipping.
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And postage wasn't much. My 1938 set had an 8 cent stamp on the envelope.
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Conder, are you speaking of an original 1938 mint set?
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