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Message:: [QUOTE="Liberty1913, post: 1920102, member: 33278"]I just listed a proof set for sale and to get the word out about so-called mint sealed proof and uncirculated sets.  Please read and comment. Thanks, Richard The United States Mint only sealed envelopes when they only shipped one proof set. That envelope would have an address label produced by the mint on the front of the package.  Other than the one proof set shipments the mint NEVER SEALED ENVELOPES!All the proof and mint sets that are offered as mint sealed have been sealed outside the mint.  Many of the sealed envelopes were sealed from flood waters, water damage from fires, or sellers that have bad looking sets.  I remember in the seventies seeing tables, at the Long Beach, CA. show, full these distressed sets being sold way below market price at that time.  I started buying proof sets from the U S Mint in 1960 for $2.10 each.  All sets were always over-packed and none of the sets were ever sealed.  In my 50+ years of collecting coins and buying from the mint I never received a "Sealed" envelope. Ask any old-timer and they will verify what I have written hear.[/QUOTE]