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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Murphy45p, post: 3602127, member: 96005&quot;]<i>how does one tell if the coins in these sets, are &quot;original&quot; coins that were &quot;originally&quot; packaged by &quot;official&quot; u.s. mint employees? and does it really matter?</i></p><p><br /></p><p>After they are removed, there is no way to tell if they were mint set coins or just very well preserved coins for circulation, the grade tells you that, and so for MOST collectors, the grade will overshadow &quot;original mint set&quot; with the understanding that the highest grade coins probably originated from those sets.</p><p><br /></p><p>I may be mistaken, but in my own experience, the coins removed from the sets and graded generally sell for more than the complete mint sets anyway.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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