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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;johnmilton, post: 26130535, member: 101855&quot;]I have never acquired any of these shipwreck sets because the dealers at the U.S. shows are still charging high prices for them. </p><p><br /></p><p>Back in the 1980s and &#039;90s the U.S. Mint was selling the current commemorative coin sets, including gold in wood box sets. I acquired all of them in the secondary market for what were usually prices well below the issue prices. This set for the Smithsonian Institution came in an unusual box. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1667575[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1667576[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>This set used to bring a premium price because it did not sell very well when it was issued. Today the price of the gold has pretty much killed any numismatic premium it once commanded. </p><p><br /></p><p>Back during the American Civil War, photographs were preserved in what we might call today hard plastic boxes. The mint issued a Civil War commemorative set in a reproduction of such a box. Here it is. There is a reproduction of a U.S. $10 gold piece on it. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1667577[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>And several years later, I found an antique box from back in the day with the same design. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1667578[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>It did not come with the tintype in it. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1667579[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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