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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;sturmgrenadier, post: 1215747, member: 18711&quot;]<b>&#039;Unopened Proof Sets&#039;</b></p><p><br /></p><p>When I look online, I see a lot of listings for older proof sets that have supposedly never been opened. I speak of the ones that come in the brown-colored Treasury envelopes. My question is how easy is it to boil a pot of water, use the steam to soften the glue, open the envelope, remove the coins for viewing (or for that matter replace them with coins from a more common date) and reseal the envelope without any signs of tampering? (I saw this technique demonstrated many years ago on an episode of MacGyver). I wonder if the envelope warps and one can obviously tell whether the envelope was opened and resealed? Has anyone tried doing that? Did many people from years long past really buy proof sets and set them aside to never be opened? It is hard for me to imagine something more ridiculous. Anyway, I am skeptical of ads for envelope proof sets that have never been opened. What do you all think?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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