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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;19Lyds, post: 1135790, member: 15929&quot;]Actually Doug, the fellow opening the box bought it off of eBay and it had a US Mint label on it. I&#039;ll see if I can grab some pitchers!</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Better yet, here&#039;s the listing:</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?type=3&amp;campid=5335874456&amp;toolid=10001&amp;mpre=http%3A%2F%2Fcgi.ebay.com%2F75-1961-PROOF-SETS-ORIGINAL-SEALED-MAILING-BOX-%2F170615452963%3Fpt%3DCoins_US_Individual%26hash%3Ditem27b9793523" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?type=3&amp;campid=5335874456&amp;toolid=10001&amp;mpre=http%3A%2F%2Fcgi.ebay.com%2F75-1961-PROOF-SETS-ORIGINAL-SEALED-MAILING-BOX-%2F170615452963%3Fpt%3DCoins_US_Individual%26hash%3Ditem27b9793523" rel="nofollow">http://cgi.ebay.com/75-1961-PROOF-SETS-ORIGINAL-SEALED-MAILING-BOX-/170615452963?pt=Coins_US_Individual&amp;hash=item27b9793523</a></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Now, I ain&#039;t saying that folks who&#039;ve opened these boxes and found &quot;unsealed&quot; proof sets are nuts but as evidenced by the video, some were, and are, in fact truely sealed. Whether its sealed by the US Mint or sealed due to storage conditions doesn&#039;t really matter as the point is that some CAN be sealed with full legitimacy.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>As with anything regarding this hobby, it&#039;s all just a big gamble.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Now for me, if a set had been resealed, it wouldn&#039;t really matter since I could only assume that whomever resealed it &quot;might&quot; have simply been looking for Cameo coins. </p><p>Then again, maybe they were ignoring the cameo coins (which have really only gained popularity in the past 15 years or so with some TPG&#039;s not even DESIGNATING Cameo attributes) and simply looking for the DDR Franklin?</p><p>Then again, maybe they were looking for error coins?</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>However, given the fact that what ever they were looking for may NOT be what <font size="3">I&#039;d</font> be looking for, I&#039;ll sometimes take the chance.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I have found some nice doubled die coins in Proof sets I&#039;ve purchased that were already opened and presumably searched. The coins are important to me but may have no significance to someone else.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Again, sealed proof sets can be a gamble that some may be willing to take. I&#039;m one of them and sometimes, I&#039;m glad that I&#039;m one of them. Other times, I just chalk it up to the cost of the hunt.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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