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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;onecenter, post: 1376558, member: 8703&quot;]I was just reorganizing my British proof coin collection last night, so here are some immediate observations:</p><p><br /></p><p>There are some color schemes to British coin sets.&nbsp; Proof sets issued from 1970-1982 were placed loose in hard cases inside colorful folded cardstock envelope wrappings.&nbsp; The 1970 and 1971 sets were on very heavy paperboard stock, but envelope-wrapped the proof set in the same way.</p><p><br /></p><p>Beginning in 1983, the teal blue leatherette-cased proof set was introduced which folded out with a fold-down latch.&nbsp; The hard case containing the proof set was hinged to the case and could be displayed as a trifold.&nbsp; The Royal Mint also began offering a leather case, I believe they were all in red.&nbsp; I never bought leather-cased proof sets in the days when I purchased directly from the Royal Mint since it was something in the realm of either $10 or 10 pounds more in price for the exact same coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>The special 1996 silver proof set in which all coins from one pence to one pound are .925 fine silver comes in a velvet plush inside and outside dark red jewelry-style case with the proof coin case removable with a silk ribbon pull-up.</p><p><br /></p><p>My 2000 base metal proof set is in a flat box with an ovaled hard case which could be opened.&nbsp; The box was plushly-lined and allowed for the set to stand upright in the box for display.</p><p><br /></p><p>I recently purchased a 2008 proof set, but I have noted that the leather case option had changed the case color to black with a very, very soft plushy feel.&nbsp; Quite nice.</p><p><br /></p><p>As an aside, I particularly enjoy collecting the one pound silver proof coins which come in light blue cases.&nbsp; My favorites are the one pound silver piedforts which come in red cases beginning in 1987.&nbsp; The piedforts were cased in different colors each year from 1983-1986. </p><p><br /></p><p>All of the other single proof coins, piedforts and special sets were issued cases with lots of different colors, dark red, dark green, dark blue, royal blue, cream and brown.&nbsp; The five-pound .925 silver crowns I have purchased are often in velvet-plush cases.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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