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<p>[QUOTE="Mikjo0, post: 161165, member: 3565"]Doug,</p><p>I would love to order that book but in the meantime,can you answer a few other questions regarding the original packaging?I found a site that claims all proof sets from 1936-1955 came in the little boxes but I'm sure I've read that the early ones 1936-1942 came in cardboard strips with coin holes like the Whitman albums and this is the reason so many single proof coins from this period show heavy toning around the rims.Another website says they were sold (for $1.89) just wrapped in thin tissue paper and mailed in an envelope.</p><p>This is a short,interesting article about it with an anecdote from the author that will make you wish YOU had been there:</p><p><a href="http://www.scvhistory.com/scvhistory/signal/coins/sg060405-coins.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.scvhistory.com/scvhistory/signal/coins/sg060405-coins.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.scvhistory.com/scvhistory/signal/coins/sg060405-coins.htm</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Mikjo0, post: 161165, member: 3565"]Doug, I would love to order that book but in the meantime,can you answer a few other questions regarding the original packaging?I found a site that claims all proof sets from 1936-1955 came in the little boxes but I'm sure I've read that the early ones 1936-1942 came in cardboard strips with coin holes like the Whitman albums and this is the reason so many single proof coins from this period show heavy toning around the rims.Another website says they were sold (for $1.89) just wrapped in thin tissue paper and mailed in an envelope. This is a short,interesting article about it with an anecdote from the author that will make you wish YOU had been there: [url]http://www.scvhistory.com/scvhistory/signal/coins/sg060405-coins.htm[/url][/QUOTE]
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