Mint Sets With The White Envelope

I've found, and using mine mint sets as a specimen, that they aren't sealed by the Mint, but by purchasers.

giving him the benefit of the doubt, the glue could become sticky if exposed to some humidity

I agree. I would pass.There are thousands of 70's mint sets out there.

Here's the link.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...TRK:MEWAX:IT

The listing doesn't say the set is sealed but thats what I was told in the e-mail response when I inquired about the coins.

How would he know if they were Gem and sharply struck if he has never opened it? Also,my 69 mint sets were in manila colored envelopes with the date on the front bottom from the mint.

They can also seal with poor storage. My grandfather had some completely sealed boxes from the Mint in the original shipping box. In many of them the glue was sealed to the envelope just from exposure to humidity.

speck, id give him the benefit of the doubt if he did some research and didnt refuse to open an envelope that was not issued sealed, and, as halfwitty pointed out, allege what their condition is without unsealing it.

He has a pretty good rating selling many coins.

I guess my benefit of the doubt doesn't extend to what seems like evident experience,yet stalling about the 69 mint set.

He may/could say, "hey, it's sealed shut and I dont want to open it, whether or not it came sealed/unsealed when issued.....but my x-ray vision tells me the coins are in ______ condition because I read coin Braille through envelopes !"

:)

I sold (on ebay) some sealed envelope UNC and PR sets from years they were issued sealed with the caveat emptor that I do not know what condition the coins are in because they have never been opened.



p.s.

halfwitty; UNC and PR sets came in envelopes that year...for fear of waking the wife, I cant go rummaging in my office and look to tell you which was which.