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<p>[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 1408642, member: 112"]Like they do now ? No. But yes they did sell them, but individually for the most part. And quite often they were made to order. In other words a wealthy or famous person would ask the mint to make certain Proofs in a given year and the mint would do so. </p><p><br /></p><p>But in the late 1850's the mint began making Proofs of most denominations on a regular annual basis for sale to collectors. But rarely were they sold as sets.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 1408642, member: 112"]Like they do now ? No. But yes they did sell them, but individually for the most part. And quite often they were made to order. In other words a wealthy or famous person would ask the mint to make certain Proofs in a given year and the mint would do so. But in the late 1850's the mint began making Proofs of most denominations on a regular annual basis for sale to collectors. But rarely were they sold as sets.[/QUOTE]
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