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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Conder101, post: 4495642, member: 66&quot;]As mentioned, coins wrapped in tissue paper and then shipped in an envelope.&nbsp; There are a very few 19th century original sets in cases, but those cases were custom made by outside firms for the mint.&nbsp; John Pittman had a few of those early cased sets from the Mint with the invoices that showed the cost of the coin and the cost for the custom case (and who made it), which I think was $3.</p><p><br /></p><p>These original cased sets are EXTREMELY rare, the number still in existence can probably be counted on the fingers of one hand.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>And when they come up at auction they typically get individually slabbed and broken up.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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