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Best Website For Unsearched Proof And Mint Sets

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 Posted 07/17/2009  11:55 pm Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add acramos1 to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
What is the best website for the cleanest and unsearched proof and mint sets?

Give me a lot of opinions!
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 Posted 07/18/2009  12:24 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add ratman4762 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
If you want unsearched then you would want to purchase an unopened or one that is still sealed in the original package. Then you would have to assume they are "clean"? In any case they are listed on ebay. Sometimes sold by the case. I recently saw an unopened case from the 1950's (I forget whether it was proof or mint set) on ebay.
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 Posted 07/18/2009  12:27 am  Show Profile   Check GO's eBay Listings Bookmark this reply Add GO to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
If memory serves me well I don't think the mint Ever sealed the envelopes they were shipped in. Anyone could fake a "sealed" envelope

Standard warning can be used here..."Buy the coin, not the slab"

If the pictures are not high quality enough to know if they are in pristine condition and solely take the word of the seller then I would move on to another seller
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 Posted 07/18/2009  12:36 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add ratman4762 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply

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If memory serves me well I don't think the mint Ever sealed the envelopes they were shipped in. Anyone could fake a "sealed" envelope
I have a few boxes of proof and mint sets that were shipped 5 to a box. Wonder how they made it here without being scattered all over the USPS truck?
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My Grandfather gave me all his proof and mint sets. Most of them were still in the original, unopened post office box when he gave them to me. I opened all the boxes and about 95% of the envelopes had sealed themselves from exposure to moisture over the last 40 years.

acramos1 - If your looking for some unsearched sets, check out the for sale section (assuming you have 50 posts by then). I did open all them, but only to check for damage. They have not been looked over for errors and varieties as I only collect Lincolns.
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 Posted 07/18/2009  01:09 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add garylcsr to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
mint sets have never been sealed in the envelopes
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 Posted 07/18/2009  08:51 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add bobby131313 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply

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If memory serves me well I don't think the mint Ever sealed the envelopes they were shipped in.


Yeah, for truly unsearched you need to http://cgi.ebay.com/COIN-LOT-50-196...ED_W0QQitemZ370228100595
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Wow....that is REALLY cool Bobby!
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