Question about Unopened proof sets

I was just about to comment on this. It was posted on NGC, and the envelopes were sealed, and they were still in the original sealed, shipping box from the Mint. I've purchased unopened Mint orders in the original shipping boxes ranging anywhere from mid-50's to mid-60's. Some of them were sealed and some of them weren't.

Chris

 

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I know the sets from 1960 - 1965, the envelopes were not sealed prior to shipping to the customer from the Mint. A lot of people who bought those sets sealed them after inspecting the coins, and there are some that remain sealed in the shipping carton the Mint placed them in prior to shipping.

 

The video shows ALL the 1961 envelope flaps inside a SEALED Mint delivery box to be sealed...how do you explain that?

 

I did not know the Mint used newspaper to pack inside their boxes. He should check the date on that newspaper! TC

 

The bottom of the YouTube description states March 16, 1961.

 

Doug,

Here are good photos of the shipping box.

Chris

http://boards.collectors-society.com/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=4672649#Post4672649

 

Storage conditions will cause an envelope to seal. Having recently gone through 32 sets from an estate and selling an original mint box unopened I am certainly convinced the envelopes can seal on their own in the wrong storage conditions.

 

How do you explain that the 6 of each from 60 to 65 I received when I was younger, were not, and still are not sealed to this day?

 

Dang!! I didn't believe it...but you really are OLD!!

 

No telling where that little box came from, and for all anyone knows, since there is no close up of the shipping label, that could have been sent from the mint in 1966, when the flat packs were no longer used.

P.S. All of my 60-65 were not sealed envelopes either.

 

I purchased an unopened Mint box of eighty (80) 1962 mint sets a while back. If I ever open the box, I'll post the results.

 

AS GD pointed out, those have sat around since they were received from the Mint by the original owner of them, and no telling what humidity and moisture may have done to the glue on the envelope flaps.

You younguns(lol), can believe it or not believe but, but I can attest to the fact that the 6 each proof sets I ordered each year from 1960 - 1965, the envelopes were not sealed by the U.S. Mint, nor were any proof sets my friends and neighbors ordered those years.

The envelopes, were left open at shipment to the buyers, and remained opened unless the purchasers sealed them.

 

I believe you! My Father left me some proof sets that were never sealed.

LOL...wouldn't that be the worst job in the world? ...the guy that has to lick 500,000 envelopes?

LOL...then go home and his wife ask him to mount her S&H green stamps!

LMAO!!! ...then his wife doesn't understand why he just wants to sleep!!!

 

lol

 

Maybe the lickers tongue got tired?

 

Then he don't understand why his wife won't kiss him good nite........

 

Tommy: "My dad's a fireman, what's your dad do?"

Frank: "Well my dad's a policeman. Hey Steve, what does your dad do?"

Steve: "Well my dad's a licker."

 

Actually Doug, the fellow opening the box bought it off of eBay and it had a US Mint label on it. I'll see if I can grab some pitchers!

Better yet, here's the listing:

http://cgi.ebay.com/75-1961-PROOF-SETS-ORIGINAL-SEALED-MAILING-BOX-/170615452963?pt=Coins_US_Individual&hash=item27b9793523

Now, I ain't saying that folks who've opened these boxes and found "unsealed" proof sets are nuts but as evidenced by the video, some were, and are, in fact truely sealed. Whether its sealed by the US Mint or sealed due to storage conditions doesn't really matter as the point is that some CAN be sealed with full legitimacy.

As with anything regarding this hobby, it's all just a big gamble.

Now for me, if a set had been resealed, it wouldn't really matter since I could only assume that whomever resealed it "might" have simply been looking for Cameo coins.
Then again, maybe they were ignoring the cameo coins (which have really only gained popularity in the past 15 years or so with some TPG's not even DESIGNATING Cameo attributes) and simply looking for the DDR Franklin?
Then again, maybe they were looking for error coins?

However, given the fact that what ever they were looking for may NOT be what I'd be looking for, I'll sometimes take the chance.

I have found some nice doubled die coins in Proof sets I've purchased that were already opened and presumably searched. The coins are important to me but may have no significance to someone else.

Again, sealed proof sets can be a gamble that some may be willing to take. I'm one of them and sometimes, I'm glad that I'm one of them. Other times, I just chalk it up to the cost of the hunt.