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hawkeye Valued Member United States 141 Posts	Posted 01/25/2009 08:37 am I had three titles for this post. 1. - 1972 Proof Set Or 2. - I need to start paying attention to descriptions and photos on ebay Or 3. - What the heck did I buy? Description number one, won out, but I'm still wondering "what the heck did I buy? Although I bought it as such, I'm not sure this really is a Proof Set so I'll refer to it as a "Collection of Coins" until coached otherwise. This "collection of coins" has a half, quarter, nickel, dime, and 2 cents. The only "S" mint mark is on one of the cents. Thanks in advance. Hawkeye P.S. I'll do better on the Photo's next time. The hot spots from the plastic are a pain. Edited by hawkeye 01/25/2009 08:47 am Report this Post to the Staff

tepritts Valued Member United States 306 Posts	Posted 01/25/2009 10:04 am From the way it's packaged it looks like a mint set not a Proof set. What are the mint marks? Are they all the same mintmark? Just my opinion, so let's wait and see what other members think on this one. Terrell Report this Post to the Staff
hawkeye Valued Member United States 141 Posts	Posted 01/25/2009 10:17 am With the exception of the "S" cent, the remainder have no mint mart. Here's a link to the Auction where I got it http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...280296616476 Until I got my Red Book in the mail, I bought this thinking that 1972 came in plastic like the 60's sets. I know differently now. Report this Post to the Staff
coppercoins Pillar of the Community United States 7629 Posts	Posted 01/25/2009 10:58 am This is part of a mint set, not the whole thing. If it had been complete, there would be another cello pack...and this is not a proof set. They are packaged in hard plastic inside a blue box. Report this Post to the Staff
Kabiye_Lady Pillar of the Community United States 581 Posts	Posted 01/25/2009 10:59 am Unfortunately, it looks like you have 1/2 of a 1972 mint set - the Philadelphia part. There would be another cellophane pack without the s-lincoln and they'd have D-mintmarks. Looking at the auction, it looks like it might be too late to return it. But if you can, I would try. The title is obviously wrong, but the picture appears to be what you got. To be honest, it's probably not worth the time. What you got is worth probably $2 - $3. You might want to chalk it up as a bad experience. BTW, when bidding on stuff like that, do a search on E-bay with the same title to see what else shows up. This is also useful to determine what the going price is. Report this Post to the Staff
Morgans Dad Pillar of the Community United States 5604 Posts	Posted 01/25/2009 11:35 am You have been coached above well. I would only add that your cello package has a blue colored perimeter strip on the package, indicating from the Philly Mint, the other half of that mint set , from the Denver Mint has a red colored perimeter strip on the package.A Mint set comes with both. Also a proof set usually comes just like that(only in certain years) and has the same package, with no strip at all, good luck, Mike... Report this Post to the Staff
ratio411 Pillar of the Community United States 1208 Posts	Posted 01/25/2009 12:19 pm That's here in town... funny! I live in P'cola. I'd leave neutral feedback for him not ID'ing the set correctly. You can't neg him because you saw the pic, so you have some liability. You also shouldn't reward him with a positive either. The only way the feedback system works is if we use it, so don't sit on your hands either! Good luck. Chalk it up to learning. Report this Post to the Staff
rockdude Pillar of the Community United States 1807 Posts	Posted 01/25/2009 2:20 pm I would contact the seller and ask for a remedy to this situation. Report this Post to the Staff
daviscfad Pillar of the Community United States 4541 Posts	Posted 01/25/2009 4:22 pm title says proof the condition says uncirculated in the listing Report this Post to the Staff
hawkeye Valued Member United States 141 Posts	Posted 01/25/2009 4:26 pm Thanks everyone. I'll reach out to the seller, but I think that this is going to be a $6.00 "learning experience" for me. I'll Kabiye_lady's advice. No doubt a case of auction fever for me. Report this Post to the Staff
jayceeg Valued Member United States 114 Posts	Posted 01/25/2009 4:45 pm If you notice on your link there is a 1972 proof set listed under similer items from all e bay sellers. that is a true proof setso you can compare. JC Report this Post to the Staff
KurtS Pillar of the Community United States 5318 Posts	Posted 01/27/2009 02:06 am I hope there's something like a Lincoln DDO in there...that would be poetic. Report this Post to the Staff
hawkeye Valued Member United States 141 Posts	Posted 01/27/2009 12:14 pm KurtS - From your lips to Gods ear! I think I'm DD impared. I look at the photo's and read the text. Sometimes I see what they're describing, but mostly not. Report this Post to the Staff
Mr Finger Valued Member United States 405 Posts	Posted 01/27/2009 12:53 pm If youll notice,there were two different buyers on this item,,,the seller apparently split the set up and sent a part to each of you... I would definately Neg him! Report this Post to the Staff
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