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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;stevex6, post: 2322843, member: 44183&quot;]<span style="color: #0000ff">They came in the pliofilm pouches ... below</span></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.colonialacres.com/product_manager/product_images/thumb0_25074.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.colonialacres.com/product/2364/sale-1964-proof-like-set-rcm-issue-regular-27-95" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.colonialacres.com/product/2364/sale-1964-proof-like-set-rcm-issue-regular-27-95" rel="nofollow">http://www.colonialacres.com/product/2364/sale-1964-proof-like-set-rcm-issue-regular-27-95</a></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">The Charlton catalogue mentions &quot;Specimen Sets&quot; for 1964, 1965 (6 coins, mirror finish) ... and 1967 (that sweet 7 coin set)</span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255)">... but I&#039;m fairly sure that the first of the Proof Double Dollar sets came out in 1971?</span></p><p><img src="http://www.colonialacres.com/product_manager/product_images/thumb0_2385.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">Ummm, not sure if I answered your question, but at least I had fun tracking-down my response!</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">Cheers</span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">I have all of the double dollar sets (they rock)</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">[ATTACH=full]469770[/ATTACH] </span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">Prior to 1971, I merely bought empty boxes and then built my own version of the proof sets ... for examples, below is my homemade 1970 version (click-on the photos ... good times)</span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">[ATTACH=full]469771[/ATTACH] </span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie11" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></span>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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