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New Member
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I have this stack of 1958 unopened proof sets and was curious if it's best to move them as a lot or individually. I also have these others next to them and want to know how much of a premium an unopened set has over an opened one. Any help for this newbie is appreciated!  |
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Moderator
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Sell individually. It is a big gray area on so called unopened sets. If I remember right,the mint shipped the envelopes unsealed.Check ebay sold values for current values. John1  |
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Rest in Peace
United States
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 but make sure they are truly unopened. Get enough posts here and you can advertise for free as well as avoiding percentage costs charged by other selling sites. They should sell very quickly here, I'm sure. But be certain you have enough posts before attempting to sell here. |
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Bedrock of the Community
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 to the CCF! |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I fell for the "unopened" set scheme a long time ago. I've never found anything better than average coins out of about 50 "unopened" sets that I purchased from internet. Majority of them had halves with spots of all kinds, including milk spots. As far as I know, there are NO "unopened" sets!! These sets were carefully cherry picked and envelopes sealed to resell. Sorry for the bad news. I also was hoping to find that PR70 or MS70 coin in one of those "sealed" envelopes.  Edited by Coconutjoe
12/24/2017 11:03 pm
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New Member
 United States
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These sets were purchased from the mint by my great grandfather and have been in a family basement since then. I still have the original receipts and shipping boxes for some sets...so I know for a fact they are original, sealed envelopes. Everything I have was recently inherited and I'm trying to make sense of it all! |
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Pillar of the Community
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to the forum! A basement is not exactly an ideal place to store coins. Personally, I would want to see the coins before I bought them. It's anyone's guess what is in a sealed envelope. Many times, the envelopes become sealed shut over time, from moisture in the air. I don't think they were sealed when they came from the mint. |
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Rest in Peace
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I assure you that none of us doubt what you've said about these sets. But if you follow the thread directly above there is no question that the mint itself didnt sealed them.
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New Member
United States
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So should I try to open them gently to see how they look inside?
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Pillar of the Community
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Yes...definitely take peak. Cameo and Deep Cameo proofs command a premium.
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New Member
United States
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I opened up a couple. 3 or so have black marks on the 50 cent piece, most look clean. Here are 2 clean ones. What does camo mean?   *** Edited by Staff to crop images. Please crop images before uploading. If you do not have software to do this you can use the free image optimizer. *** |
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Bedrock of the Community
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to CCF. "Cameo" means the coin's devices have frosted surfaces and the fields are mirror-like, generating a striking contrast between the two. Those coins that have extreme contrast due to this are referred to as "Deep Cameo". Cameo strikes are indicative of a well-struck proof on new dies and generally makes coins more desirable. Edited by CelticKnot
12/26/2017 2:24 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
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Why not start a Proof set collection? |
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