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Message:: [QUOTE="Conder101, post: 1590546, member: 66"]This was a nice scam back in 1999.  When the proof sets first came out there were a bunch of reports of "error" set missing one quarter and having a duplicate of one of the others.  The "error" sets were bringing over $600 on eBay.  Up until 1999 the proof sets had been sonically sealed, but the 99 sets could just be snapped open and closed again without a trace.  So scammers were buying five regular 1999 proof sets for a round $250 (due to order limits prices for the sets were high), opening them, playing musical quarters, and then closing them again creating five "error" sets that could be sold for $3,000. There was a variation of the scam in 2000 when "special VIP 10 piece 1999 proof sets" started appearing on eBay and selling for over $1000 each.  Take one regular nine piece 1999 proof set ($25, prices had come down) a 2000 proof set (About $18) and a 1999 P proof SBA ($10), remove the 2000 coins from their 10 piece holder and put the 1999 coins in.  Put the holder into the 1999 box and sell on eBay as a VIP set for $1000.[/QUOTE]