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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Conder101, post: 57689, member: 66&quot;]Rick you would be wrong. If you go back over 23 years you would find you could buy Mint sets and proof sets period.&nbsp; That would be before the start of the modern commemoratives.&nbsp; There were no rolls, no bags, no nothing.&nbsp; for the most part the mint didn&#039;t care about the collector at all.&nbsp; Often you would get the impression that they would be just as happy if the collector would go away.&nbsp; From 1968 to 1981 the only thing they sold other than mint and proof sets were 40% silver Ikes in Unc an proof from 1971 - 1974.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Something else about ordring from the mint back then.&nbsp; No internet ordering, no phone orders, all orders by mail only.&nbsp; No credit cards, checks or money orders only.&nbsp; No customer service, and orders could not be cancelled by the customer.&nbsp; Wait times from order till receipt often 8 months or more.&nbsp; If you were notified that it sold out and you weren&#039;t getting your order it might take four months to get a refund check.&nbsp; the only advantage was that shipping was included in the price of the set.&nbsp; And that wasn&#039;t much of an advantage because it meant that if you ordered multiple sets you paid for the shipping multiple times as well.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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