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Message:: [QUOTE="19Lyds, post: 2284915, member: 15929"]This was the ONLY way the BiCentennial Proofs were packaged by the US Mint. The 1971-S Proof IKE Came in a Brown slip box with the large slab fitted into a faux red velvet holder. So did the 1972-S, 1973-S and 1974-S Proof IKE's. Most dealers and some collectors (me) discard the brown Box and its packaging and keep the slabs in a Storage box designed for proof sets. These boxes will hold 31 Slabs where as storage boxes for mint sets will hold about 32. Much more efficient than trying to store 30 Silver Proof IKE's with their Brown Box Packaging which would require a "tote" box typically used for storing Christmas Decorations. (I've got those too!) The 1971-S - 1974-S Silver Business Strike IKE's were shipped in Blue Envelopes. The Envelopes for 1971 came in two different types of blue envelope. One which was a deep blue with a glossy texture (these fall apart rather easily by the adhesive giving away where the folds form the envelope) and one with a bit of a lighter blue with a dull finish. Hence, Blue IKE's and Brown IKE's.[/QUOTE]