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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Douglas, post: 4000, member: 617&quot;]Georgia, first of all I am a baby when it comes to coin collecting, but one thing I have learned about collecting anything is BUY THE BOOK FIRST. In your case &quot;United States Proof Sets and Mint Sets&quot; by Ron Guth and Bill Gale. Money well spent and you can read it in about an hour. Another thing I know about collecting things is if it&#039;s in the original box, it&#039;s worth more, sometimes the box is worth more than the item. But with coins you really don&#039;t know until you open the box. There are a lot of shisters out there who would think nothing of faking an unopened box. Just my opinion, but go ahead and open them. Personally, I would not buy an unopened box, crooks are everywhere. I remember as a youth on Maxwell Street in Chicago I bought a bottle of Canoe Cologne in an unopend, cellophaned box, guess what? it was water. Most collectibles originality is key and coins are no exception. Keep the boxes for sure, but open them. JMHO[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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