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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Dot, post: 157732, member: 6394&quot;]I have questions about proof sets too.</p><p><br /></p><p>First question is whether a proof set that has been cracked open can be resealed? That is, if I buy one on ebay, can I tell whether it&#039;s been tampered with? Or do the cases open and close with no way to detect that?</p><p><br /></p><p>Which brings up another question -- why the empty boxes/cases and COAs sell on ebay.&nbsp; I would like to think that the purpose is benign, but.. well, this is ebay.&nbsp; What are people doing that they would need the box/case/COA?</p><p><br /></p><p>Also, I&#039;m trying to understand the factors that affect the market for the proof sets.&nbsp; I somehow was smart enough to pick up the 1999 silver proof set years ago, and when I was checking prices yesterday, see that it was appreciated tremendously.&nbsp; Now, since this was the first year for the state quarters, I can see why this set is in demand.</p><p><br /></p><p>But then as I was looking at the 2003-2005 proof sets, something interesting came up: the 2005 (and seemingly the 2006) clad state quarter proof sets are appreciating faster than the silver quarter proof sets!&nbsp; I would think it&#039;d be smarter to get the silver sets, since the price is barely different from the clads.&nbsp; No?</p><p><br /></p><p>And I had no idea that people were putting proof coins into circulation!&nbsp; It&#039;s not like it can pass for a regular coin, because of the mint mark -- in other words, it will be a messed up proof coin, not a very nice AU.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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