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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ana Silverbell, post: 3186696, member: 75156&quot;]There is a company known as Original Set Verification (OSV) that verifies whether a mint set is original or whether coins have been removed and replaced. Paul Frese is the verifier for OSV. Once a set is verified original, it is sent to ANACS for grading. You may visit their website to see what they do at <a href="http://www.osv.expert/about.aspx" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.osv.expert/about.aspx" rel="nofollow">http://www.osv.expert/about.aspx</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Paul Frese has, apparently, collected samples of original mint sets and he can tell by toning and the look of the coins whether they are original to the set; the paper and envelopes are also evaluated because he apparently knows what it should look like. If the paper is wrong, then not original, <i>etc.</i> I saw Rick Tomaska interview Paul Frese and I was impressed with OSV and found Paul Frese persuasive. I have not used OSV so I cannot say from personal experience whether it is worth it to have a set verified.</p><p><br /></p><p>So why the above quote? The best moment in the show was when Rick Tomaska said he did not like the toning on early mint sets and Paul Frese retorted, there are a lot of people who disagree with you. Whether someone likes mint state set toning or not is a personal taste. I like them but if you do not, you are probably not going to pay the premium for a set that a seller is asking for.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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