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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 7851363, member: 112&quot;]Yeah, if I got lucky, but I rarely did. And all of the coins in the set you posted are toned, just to varying degrees. And that is absolutely normal.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><br /></p><p>You have to realize that the coins pop in and out of those cardboard holders with ease and any owner can easily be removed and aligned just so - at whim. And yeah, many collectors of them did just that.</p><p><br /></p><p>Over all the years that I collected original Mint and Proof sets, and I had them all except for the &#039;36 to &#039;42 Proof sets, and the &#039;47 and &#039;48 Mint sets, I must have looked at easily tens of thousand different sets. I could sometimes look at a thousand different sets at a single big show. And I looked at that many more online, always looking for a nicer example than the set I had. </p><p><br /></p><p>These sets can and are found in so many different conditions that it boggles the mind. From so called blast white to gorgeous toning to the ugliest toning you&#039;ve ever seen. And sometimes you can see all three of those things in a single set. And the mailing envelopes, outer envelopes, and cardboard folders can be found in any state of condition you can imagine from pristine to ragged and falling apart. </p><p><br /></p><p>All of that said, all of these sets can be and have been counterfeited, much more so in the last 2 decades. But as with anything else, familiarity and knowledge of these sets allows those who have that knowledge to identify them in most cases - just like you can do with coins. And there are several books that have been published specifically on these sets. And over the years I&#039;ve posted what seems like a mountain of information about them on this forum, and other forums as well. Way too much to ever be posted in a single post, it would literally require another book.</p><p><br /></p><p>Bottom line all I can do is offer my opinion based on the pics provided, and I have done that.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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