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Message:: [QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 1090099, member: 112"]Mike the best I can tell you is this - I spent years and years searching those sets and rarely did I ever find any sets that even had 1 cameo coin in them. And it was not unusual for me to search through 500-1000 sets at a single coin show. I used to attend, on average, 6 to 8 shows a year. That of course does not include all the searching I did on-line, with private collectors, trusted dealers, and the use of extensive want lists. And I quit searching in 2002. I can only logically assume that it has gotten even worse since then. That said, the thing about the coin hobby is that you never know when sets that have been held in collections for decades might suddenly appear on the market due to collectors selling off their collections or a death. But then when you consider the mintage numbers for these sets, consider that the mint could have cared less about the coins having the cameo until 1973 and later, and consider the numbers of these sets that have been broken up over the years - well, you get the idea. But I will say this, IF I was still collecting these original sets, yeah I'd still be looking <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]