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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 1132452, member: 112&quot;]Very simple - because people like to gamble. </p><p><br /></p><p>The standard ebay ploy is to offer &quot;unopened&quot; Proof sets. In many cases, because some people actually&nbsp; believe the nonsense, these &quot;unopened&quot; sets will sell for much higher prices because people are willing to gamble that there might be Cameo coins inside these &quot;unopened&quot; sets. </p><p><br /></p><p>The funny thing is, these boxed sets like this are the only chance anyone ever has of actually buying a truly unopened set. Because they were the only sets that ever actually WERE sealed by the mint. </p><p><br /></p><p>So the scenario is this. These sets are not that hard to come by. Pretty much any show of any size will have a dozen or so of these sets, sometimes more, available. But because the sets have been so picked over and sold and resold so many times over the years, the coins inside are very, very seldom Cameo. So - the soon to be unscrupulous seller goes around and buys up the sets. Then repackages them in new cardboard boxes and new packing tape. Both are easy to come by.</p><p><br /></p><p>Then he will either offer them for sale, at a substantial premium, on ebay or at another coin show. When people see them their eyes light up and they get excited. Thinking that if they by them they might, just might, get lucky and find Cameo coins in these &quot;unopened&quot; sets.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now the Proof of this happening is pretty simple. All you have to do is buy one, and when you open it if it has the soft plastic coin sleeves inside, then you know that you have been taken. Or - if when you open it the original cellophane coin sleeves are all dried out and crinkly, maybe even cracked open in places, then again you know you have been taken. </p><p><br /></p><p>Why ? Because if the box really was unopened and had the original packaging then the cellophane sleeves will be in just as good of shape as the outer box and tape. But the odds of finding Camoe coins is still about nil. And of course the original sets never had the soft plastic sleeves, so that one is a slam dunk.</p><p><br /></p><p>As for how much they cost, it&#039;s been some years since I have purchased any but even back then each set could sell for hundreds of dollars with the &#039;50 sets being the most exspensive and the &#039;55s the cheapest. But even the &#039;55 would often be $200. And that was 8-10 years ago.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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