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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 2470233, member: 112&quot;]I collected Mint and Proof Sets in original packaging for a great many years, decades in fact. I had them all except the &#039;48 Mint Set and the &#039;36-&#039;42 Proof Sets. And the only reason I never had those was because I never managed to find them, not in all that time. And I looked everywhere, every resource you could think of. And every coin show I ever went to, I looked through every set that every dealer there had, every single one, every single time. All in all I looked through tens of thousands of sets, maybe over a hundred thousand I honestly don&#039;t know. I was always looking to find a set that was nicer than one of those I already had, as well as the few I did not have.</p><p><br /></p><p>As for your question - </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Yes, original sets still exist, even today. But there is a lot to know to be able to tell genuine from not genuine. And it&#039;s a lot worse today than it was 10-20 years ago. The bad guys have gotten smarter, more knowledgeable. And sadly it seems the collectors, some of them anyway, less so. So the warnings you&#039;re getting are quite valid and you need to be aware.</p><p><br /></p><p>As for value, well that depends, on the person doing the collecting mostly. For me, originality was everything, quality of the coins within ran a close second. For to find originality and quality in the same set - ahhhhh that was the dream ! And it could be realized, with time, and money, and knowledge. Knowledge most of all. And that knowledge can only be gained with a little book learning, maybe a mentor or two, and a helluva lot of experience. Which of course requires time, looking, touching, feeling, and a healthy dose of skepticism.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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