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<p>[QUOTE="cpm9ball, post: 1407106, member: 24633"]No disrespect intended, illini, but that article seems to be self-serving for PCGS based on the last paragraph. It still doesn't substantiate the claim that they exist and more may be out there. Has anyone ever seen a complete set in the OGP? The fact that PCGS has graded a few coins of several denominations here and there that displayed an exceptional appearance is not good enough for me unless they can show me a set in the Mint packaging. Even if these sets did exist and were found in the (unauthorized?) possession of the former Mint Director, if it was decided that they shouldn't be produced or were just test samples for the 1965-1967 Sets, why didn't the US Government step in and confiscate them like they did the 1933 St. Gaudens?</p><p><br /></p><p>Granted, the coins from the estate of the former Director may well have been some of the test specimens, but to assume that the US Mint actually issued any 1964 SMS Sets is a stretch as far as I'm concerned.</p><p><br /></p><p>Chris[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="cpm9ball, post: 1407106, member: 24633"]No disrespect intended, illini, but that article seems to be self-serving for PCGS based on the last paragraph. It still doesn't substantiate the claim that they exist and more may be out there. Has anyone ever seen a complete set in the OGP? The fact that PCGS has graded a few coins of several denominations here and there that displayed an exceptional appearance is not good enough for me unless they can show me a set in the Mint packaging. Even if these sets did exist and were found in the (unauthorized?) possession of the former Mint Director, if it was decided that they shouldn't be produced or were just test samples for the 1965-1967 Sets, why didn't the US Government step in and confiscate them like they did the 1933 St. Gaudens? Granted, the coins from the estate of the former Director may well have been some of the test specimens, but to assume that the US Mint actually issued any 1964 SMS Sets is a stretch as far as I'm concerned. Chris[/QUOTE]
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