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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Conder101, post: 920451, member: 66&quot;]Up through1998 the proof sets were sealed. (Sometimes not well, but they were sealed.)&nbsp; Stating with the 1999 sets they were were no longer sealed but just snapped together and could easily be opened and closed with no evidence of tampering.&nbsp; This lead to a brief period of &quot;error&quot; sets appearing on ebay that had one of the state quarters missing and a duplicate of another one.&nbsp; These sets sold for big money $350 to $1000 dollars each.&nbsp; It was quite profitable to the scammers because all they had to do was get 5 sets at $35 each, open them and switch the quarters around, then sell them for $350 each.&nbsp; Then in 2000 a new rarity appeared 10 coin &quot;VIP&quot; 1999 proof sets.&nbsp; The story was that in late 1999 a very limited number&nbsp; of 1999 sets were mae up that included the 1999 P proof SBA that was only sold seperately and these sets were presented to various government VIP&#039;s.&nbsp; Actuall they were 2000 proof sets that ha been opened, the coins replaced with 1999 coins including the proof SBA and then put in a 1999 proof set box.&nbsp; These scam sets brought thousands of dollars.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is also why you should always do a &quot;tissue test&quot; on any silver proof sets you buy. especially the 1999 and 2001 sets.&nbsp; Tooeasy to replace the silver state quarters from the set with much lower value clad proof coins and then sell the silver quarters twice.&nbsp; A lot of scammers did this years ago. Pulled the silver quarters out for grading and sold them separately, then put clad coins in the holder and re-sold the &quot;silver&quot; Proof set.</p><p><br /></p><p>A lot of collectors do this with the mint as well.&nbsp; Order a bunch of sets from the mint, cherrypick the nicest coins and assemble a top grade set or two, and then reassemble the rejects into as many sets as possible for returning to the mint for a refund.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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