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<p>[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 450354, member: 112"]If you know your seller, the pics don't matter, and if it is on ebay or anywhere else - that doesn't matter either. The only important part is knowing the seller, and because you know them trusting them. You can trust them to give you an honest description, you can trust them to provide accurate pics, you can trust them to refund your moeny if you are unhappy with the purchase.</p><p><br /></p><p>So if you don't know your seller, then don't from them - or risk the consequences.</p><p><br /></p><p>Yes, the older box mint sets did come sealed. But they were sealed with brown packing tape that is readily available today. For that matter so are the small square cardboard boxes. So it is quite easy for the packaging of these sets to be faked. The hard part is the cellophane sleeves that each coin comes in. If the sleeves are plastic and the set is older than 1955 then the sleeves have been replaced - and maybe the coins as well. There were a few sets in '55 where the mint used the plastic sleeves, but only that year.</p><p><br /></p><p>It is risky to buy these older Proof sets if you are unfamiliar with them. So knowing your seller is very important when buying these sets.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 450354, member: 112"]If you know your seller, the pics don't matter, and if it is on ebay or anywhere else - that doesn't matter either. The only important part is knowing the seller, and because you know them trusting them. You can trust them to give you an honest description, you can trust them to provide accurate pics, you can trust them to refund your moeny if you are unhappy with the purchase. So if you don't know your seller, then don't from them - or risk the consequences. Yes, the older box mint sets did come sealed. But they were sealed with brown packing tape that is readily available today. For that matter so are the small square cardboard boxes. So it is quite easy for the packaging of these sets to be faked. The hard part is the cellophane sleeves that each coin comes in. If the sleeves are plastic and the set is older than 1955 then the sleeves have been replaced - and maybe the coins as well. There were a few sets in '55 where the mint used the plastic sleeves, but only that year. It is risky to buy these older Proof sets if you are unfamiliar with them. So knowing your seller is very important when buying these sets.[/QUOTE]
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