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<p>[QUOTE="Conder101, post: 7991818, member: 66"]Not really, but the Mint doesn't always do the packaging either. In any case it isn't considered a mint error and it is too easy to fake by simply opening the case switching coins and snapping it closed again. There was a real rash of that back in 1999 with the state quarter sets once people discovered they weren't sealed. Take five regular proof set that were worth about $20 each, open them and play musical quarters, and have five "error" sets with two of the same state quarters in them that they could sell on eBay for $200+ apiece.</p><p><br /></p><p>Then when the 2000 sets came out, take out the 2000 coins and put 1999 sets plus the 1999 P Sac dollar proof in them and create "10 coin 1999 VIP Proof sets" that they sold for $1,000 each. It was a great time to be a crook on ebay.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Conder101, post: 7991818, member: 66"]Not really, but the Mint doesn't always do the packaging either. In any case it isn't considered a mint error and it is too easy to fake by simply opening the case switching coins and snapping it closed again. There was a real rash of that back in 1999 with the state quarter sets once people discovered they weren't sealed. Take five regular proof set that were worth about $20 each, open them and play musical quarters, and have five "error" sets with two of the same state quarters in them that they could sell on eBay for $200+ apiece. Then when the 2000 sets came out, take out the 2000 coins and put 1999 sets plus the 1999 P Sac dollar proof in them and create "10 coin 1999 VIP Proof sets" that they sold for $1,000 each. It was a great time to be a crook on ebay.[/QUOTE]
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