Placing Proof Sets Into Capital, Or Whitman Type Holders

I think it's nice to have 1 or 2 proof sets in the plastic holders, but IMO I'll take proofs in their original mint wrapper. I hate those snap together Whitman set holders with a passion. I started collecting proof sets starting with 1964 and working back, I got to 1959 and all my coin dealer had was a set in one of those dreaded Whitman snaps. So he let me swap the coins into a "capital plastic" holder and gave me a few dollars off. It's a very nice looking set, but at the next coin show, guess what year proof set I'm going to buy in the original mint wrapper?

BTW, the reason I don't like them are
1. the coins are loose inside, especially the dime
2. I've had a few crack, especially by the dollar/half dollar coin
3. they are not airtight
4. many proof coins I looked at in these holders had marks, hits, smudges, and what I hate most, fingerprints on them...
5. I like to know, for a fact, that the coins I buy (at least proof coins) have never been touched, swapped, messed with, etc.


Sorry for the rant, but that's my honest opinion.

I have boxes full of proof sets and they still look as they did when I put them there. Some for over 40 years. I also break open may of them for my Albums. Most Albums have slots for proof coins so I put proof coins in those. So far nothing has happened to any of them in all these years.

For the 1955-1964 sets in the single cello package, Capital Plastics used to make a holder that the entire set fit into without removing the coins from the original package. It was nice because it protected them from accidental tearing. For earlier ones in the individual cello bags, I personally like things original but I have seen lots of sets in Capital Holders that were nice because they cherry picked out outstanding coins from several different sets. Like Just Carl, I have boxes of early sets from 56-64 still in the mailer boxes from the mint and they look just fine. A few have some toning but overall they look great.