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<p>[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 161331, member: 112"]The '36 - '42 Proof sets were sold in the same small cardboard boxes that the sets of the early '50s were sold in - if you bought a full set. Individual coins were wrapped in tissue paper and sold over the counter. But back then you could also order individual coins, or mutiples, (you didn't have to order a full set), and they placed in individual cellophane sleeves, wrapped in tissue paper and shipped in envelopes. Only the full sets were shipped in the small boxes. </p><p><br /></p><p>The cardboard strips you mention were after market items.</p><p><br /></p><p>Sol Taylor writes some interesting stuff, you will find other articles by him linked in the Numismatic Resources section <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 161331, member: 112"]The '36 - '42 Proof sets were sold in the same small cardboard boxes that the sets of the early '50s were sold in - if you bought a full set. Individual coins were wrapped in tissue paper and sold over the counter. But back then you could also order individual coins, or mutiples, (you didn't have to order a full set), and they placed in individual cellophane sleeves, wrapped in tissue paper and shipped in envelopes. Only the full sets were shipped in the small boxes. The cardboard strips you mention were after market items. Sol Taylor writes some interesting stuff, you will find other articles by him linked in the Numismatic Resources section ;)[/QUOTE]
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