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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;mlov43, post: 2470722, member: 16729&quot;]Another fact about Bank of Korea Mint sets is that they made special &quot;Foreign&quot; mint sets from the years 2001 to 2014.&nbsp;&nbsp; These were meant to be given as diplomatic gifts, or sold overseas at special events meant to promote South Korea.</p><p><br /></p><p>These &quot;Foreign sets&quot; are identical in appearance to the regular sets, with the exception that all of the titles and lettering are in English only.&nbsp; Very little or no Korean hangul alphabet is written on the &quot;Foreign&quot; sets.&nbsp; If you see one of these for sale/bid outside of Korea, they will often be sold at the regular set prices, as the sellers often do not know that what they are selling is actually special.&nbsp; While tens of thousands of the regular sets were made each year for the years 2001 to 2014, only 3K to 5K &quot;Foreign Sets&quot; were made.&nbsp; &nbsp; These, of course will sell for twice or three times the price of a regular set (IF the seller knows what she&#039;s selling!)&nbsp; I got this Foreign set on the right for the price of a regular 2009 set from a seller in the UK, who obviously didn&#039;t know the difference.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Regular BOK Mint Set for 2009..................&quot;Foreign&quot; BOK Mint Set for 2009</p><p>[ATTACH=full]519653[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>And then there are the &quot;Foreign&quot; sets for 2001 to 2004:&nbsp; The six coins in these sets were minted in &quot;satin&quot; (or &quot;matte&quot;?) proof, and sell for at least $250 to $400 USD.&nbsp; Notice the difference in the appearance of the coins below.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Regular BOK Mint Set for 2001........................&quot;Foreign&quot; BOK set for 2003</p><p>[ATTACH=full]519655[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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