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<p>[QUOTE="7Jags, post: 7644131, member: 78719"]No, but I did buy it that way. The Capitol Plastics holder is very old and based on the condition of the 5 cents and one cent, it must have been placed in there very early on. These two fare very badly usually. </p><p>The 1975-1977 matte coins were to my knowledge NOT released in sets but went to the Central Bank. I have no idea what happened to the 1977 matte coins as I have not seen any, nor the smaller denomination 1976 mattes (believe I pictured a 1976 matte 10 dollars before).</p><p>Incidentally there were some quasi-officially packaged (Central Bank of Barbados) 1983 specimen uncirculated FM sets that were packaged horribly. I will put a picture of one of those up a bit later, very rare year although the 10 dollar 1983 coins in specimen unc. show up individually with some frequency - the lower denominations do not.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="7Jags, post: 7644131, member: 78719"]No, but I did buy it that way. The Capitol Plastics holder is very old and based on the condition of the 5 cents and one cent, it must have been placed in there very early on. These two fare very badly usually. The 1975-1977 matte coins were to my knowledge NOT released in sets but went to the Central Bank. I have no idea what happened to the 1977 matte coins as I have not seen any, nor the smaller denomination 1976 mattes (believe I pictured a 1976 matte 10 dollars before). Incidentally there were some quasi-officially packaged (Central Bank of Barbados) 1983 specimen uncirculated FM sets that were packaged horribly. I will put a picture of one of those up a bit later, very rare year although the 10 dollar 1983 coins in specimen unc. show up individually with some frequency - the lower denominations do not.[/QUOTE]
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