I'm going out on a limb here

MadMarty

OK, I just got 14 AH Kennedy's in. I know we have talked about this before a while back, but again for the newbies. The reason I bought them was because of the color of the envelope. It was a bit darker than the run-of-the-mill 64 proof sets. I hope the scanner shows it. But it's a few shades darker. The one on the left is a regular E-Bay sealed, never opened proof set. The one on the right, and it's 13 brothers, all had AH halves. I'm just throwing this out there, other than experence I have no way of proving or disproving this theory. Any other thoughts.

mbbiker

thanks now i know what to look for when searching e-bay for AH kennedys.

KlectorKid

They were stored in differant enviorments?

ClarkOfKent

Marty,

Do the darker envelopes have more of a 'texture' to them? Sort of grainy looking?

dimeadzn

Weren't the AHs minted first? Perhaps the mint used the darker envelope first, then switched to a different paper supplier about the same time as the coin re-design. I don't know, but maybe the mint would still have a record of their suppliers.

MadMarty

Yes they do look a bit grainer... All the AHs I have gotten over the years have been in darker envelopes. Russ, any thoughts?