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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;19Lyds, post: 1098961, member: 15929&quot;]Slight disagreement since I personally know of a gentleman that purchased an original mint sealed shipping container of 50 1962 Proof sets. The envelopes were sealed on all these sets.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Whether or not the sealing was the result of the US Mint or moisture encountered during storage is unknown to me.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>As for your single coin in a sealed envelop question, thats really reaching and comparing apples to oranges. Proof Sets and Mint Sets are not single coin products but Mint sealed cello &quot;multi-coin&quot; products within an envelope. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><b>On a side note, here&#039;s something to ponder:</b> Mint set envelopes since 1972 and later years are completely devoid of sealing glue. Why do you suppose that the proof set and mint set envelopes from the 50&#039;s and 60&#039;s are not? They do have glue and IMO were intended to be sealed. Perhaps the sealing was for &quot;single set shipments&quot;? Certainly possible but then, maybe not.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>To add to the confusion, I have personally opened 5 package original shipping envelopes of 1970 mint sets and original shipping boxes of 1965 SMS Sets which were sealed. I&#039;ve also opened some which were not sealed.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The safest bet, IMHO, is to only pay premiums for sealed shipping containers (with postmarks) which contain multiple sets. This insures that the coins within, have not been viewed before and increases the chances of &quot;discoveries&quot;. NEVER pay a premium for a single sealed Proof Set unless you are willing to accept the fact that you may be paying for a set that has been recently sealed or &quot;re-sealed&quot;.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Now, as a collector, I am fully aware of the possibilities BUT I always search my coins for WHAT I AM LOOKING FOR which may or may not match what somebody else was looking for. A set, sealed or unsealed, may not have DCAM coins within it but I have gone through &quot;opened&quot; sets which had some nice doubled dies or other varieties within them.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>As with anything, collectors should arm themselves with knowledge &quot;before&quot; paying premiums for anything. Otherwise, you could get yourself into trouble.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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