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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;trnbz5oqz, post: 395796, member: 13185&quot;]I have just sent back my 4th (yes, 4th!) boxed &#039;52 proof set for the same reasons as the other 3 and would like opinions if anyone else out there is experiencing what I have.&nbsp; Maybe I&#039;m a stickler or something (almost 48 yrs collecting), but when I get a boxed set I examine each coin the same way as if they were in single holders- by tilting and slowly moving to examine for those dreadful hairlines from wiping.&nbsp; In each case it&#039;s the same coins wiped - the half and the quarter and besides the wiping you can see the &quot;white&quot; on the hi-relief areas that represents friction or wear from the wiping.&nbsp; They all have staples that were obviously restapled very expertly in order to avoid detection, but the staples are the square/aluminum colored later ones and the packets show no signs of the restapling which leads me to believe that possibly the packets are &quot;repros&quot;??&nbsp; If so they are real good.&nbsp; My gut feeling is that the dealers or even collectors are pulling out the &quot;cherries&quot; to be slabbed for hi grades and inserting these lesser quality wiped coins.&nbsp; </p><p>btw:&nbsp; check out my Barber dime set I have posted for sale on Coin Talk[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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