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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 1088422, member: 112&quot;]Quite correct. The boxed sets would be the exception though as they were wrapped with the brown packing tape. However, that brown tape, and the boxes are quite easily obtained even today so the sets can be faked. </p><p><br /></p><p>The one thing that is hard, if not impossible, to duplicate are the cellophane coin sleeves containing the individual coins. These cellophane sleeves age and become yellowed, they also become quite brittle with age. And the staple holding them together almost always shows some signs of rust or beginning corrosion.</p><p><br /></p><p>So if you find one of these sets without the cellophane sleeves (they were often replaced with soft plastic sleeves) or appropriately aged staple then it is a certainty that the set is not original. The coins themselves may or may not be the original coins, but the packaging certainly isn&#039;t. Because of the uncertainty the value of the set is diminished.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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