Unopened box of Proof Sets

I bought what was supposed to be an unopened box of (5) 1979-S proof sets from a dealer on ebay. The box did not seem to be tampered with. Upon opening it I find 5 envelopes of P & D mint uncirculated coins. Anybody else ever run into this?

 

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ouch!!

 

okay, which is worth more?

 

Well, you could return them as "not as described" but have you checked the SBA's for the "near date"?

Chris

 

agreed with Chris, check for the Susan B Anthony near date and if no dice, send back and say not as described.

 

Well, I don't think that box was unopened! I don't think there is a date variation to be found on the Mint sets.

 

A different variety, also valuable, can be found on the uncirculated 1979-P, see the photo in the Redbook.

 

Hi all, havent been on for quite awhile so I got some catching up to do. I have several years worth of these uncirculated envelopes and was told there was a difference between the red and blue strips on the plastic. I also have several years of actual proof sets so you can see the difference. can anyone let me know how to spot a near date on the Susan B Anthony as I have several of these also.

 

http://www.smalldollars.com/dollar/page29.html

 

A Redbook illustrates the 1979 [uncirculated] date varieties and the 1979-S [proof] mint mark varieties very well.

 

thanks for the link green 18 very informative will let you know what I come up with. Thanks for the info doug444 they may not be worth much but they are nice to look at

 

Return that if there is no rare varieties/errors! Not worth it!

 

It doesn't matter to ebay if this was a "gamble" that did or did not pay off. If it is snad then the seller has to refund the money.if you open it or not doesn't matter to ebay. They don't recognize the concept of value added to the unopened coin product.

 

"IF" you'd have done just a little bit of homework and/or asked, you might have saved yourself some time and money.

Since 1968 "Proof" Sets came in Blue Boxes and Uncirculated sets came in either manila envelopes (such as the IKE's) or brown boxes.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/RARE-1981-S...PROOF-SETS-COULD-CONTAIN-ERRORS-/251643345453

http://www.ebay.com/itm/RARE-1994-S...MINT-SETS-COIN-ERROR-COLLECTION-/251653146707

BTW, despite the advice otherwise, do not send them back. You should have known and now that you do, chalk up the price you paid to your education bill.

 

Near Dates are only in the Uncirculated Coins and as far as I can remember, a LOT of them were in the 1979 Souvenir Sets.

 

Wow gotta disagree. Why does someone "deserve" a fraudulent transaction? If I don't know much about washing machines and Sears sells me a washing machine that doesn't work should I know better there? Should I know better if a car dealer rolls back the mileage? Just consider it the cost of my education?

The guy who bought the 1st gold pcgs Kennedy should have known better and I can say this because there is no legal recourse. But when someone snad's you there is legal recourse. Why? Because the vast majority of citizens in the United States disagree with you so strongly that laws were written to protect people from the that statement you made. Just a little thought for you to chew on.

 

Well said!

 

Baloney. This has nothing to do with washing machines yet has everything to do with knowing what you are buying.

Kinda like the "put together rolls" where the end coin is a 55/55 Lincoln and the other end is a BU 55 Lincoln? Should the buyer feel bad because there weren't two 55/55 in the roll?

Or should the buyer have known better?

It was a sealed package! The seller didn't know what it was and assumed it was proof coins. Or maybe they didn't?

Both know now though. I'd have known in a heart beat.

And all this talk about "Well, check em out for a near date!" baloney!

What a GANG of thieves coin forums are! WHAT A BUNCH OF SMART ALEC thieves the "MOB" is!

Use it to your advantage! Take advantage of the other guy. Take advantage of the situation.

Hypocrites in every sense of the word.