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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 1376449, member: 112&quot;]I suspect the former, but I do not &quot;know&quot; that to be true.</p><p><br /></p><p>Back in the 80&#039;s and 90&#039;s the US Mint used to produce a certain number of &quot;sets&quot; that were packaged in very handsome, and very pricey, cherry wood boxes. But the coins were exactly the same as those sold in plain old plastic cases. Those kind of things just appeal to some people. To others they are meaningless.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here for example is a picture an original 1911 British Proof Set that I used to own - </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]162828.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>It was a handsome red leather case lined with purple velvet. But at the same time there were also other versions of this set that contained 8 coins and another that contained 12. To my knowledge they were similarly packaged.</p><p><br /></p><p>But as the years progressed it became possible to buy individual coins as you liked, or buy entire sets. Marketing has always been marketing because the nature of people does not change.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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