Question about '66 & '67 SMS containers

ss350camaro

Were these plastic containers sealed at all, or were they just a snap together with no glue or ?

DHeath

Snap together Doug, no glue and resealable.

ss350camaro

<< <i>Snap together Doug, no glue and resealable. >>



Thanks .............. That's just GREAT !!!!!

Aethelred

Just like a Whitman snaplock Doug.

cladking

These were made by Whitman for the US mint. There is a blue liner and "US Mint"
is molded right into the plastic. Of course, there is a blue box for them also. Some
of these are difficult to reclose after being opened and tend to be very snug in the box.

bearcave

Very easy to open up and send to be graded.

ss350camaro

The reason for my question:

I purchased a '66 SMS off the bay of e and just received it today. I'd never owned one before but had seen many pics of them.
I was suprised to find that it wasn't sealed and could easily be opened to remove the coins.
Sheesh ! What's a person to do ??? uncirculated mints sets were not sealed at the mint. SMS were not sealed at the mint......
Sounds to me like there's no possible way to be sure you're getting a real set unless you open the actual mint mailing box or envelope.

Very frustrating !!!!!!

The coins in the set i received look very nice but what's to say there wasn't a cameo in there to begin with ?

DHeath

Sounds to me like there's no possible way to be sure you're getting a real set unless you open the actual mint mailing box or envelope.

Exactly. Different years came in 3 and 5 set mailers and 50 set boxes. The boxes came with light blue strapping tape. All should be sealed as they were mailed, and usually have correct labels.

cladking

In the long run these will all be valued by the quality of the coins in them anyway.

If you got nice coins then you did well since many of these sets came from the mint
with no nice coins. Light cameo is fairly common in these sets, but full cameo and DCam
have always been quite elusive.

In all probability very few of these sets have been opened since they tend to be destroy-
ed nearly as fast as they come on the market. Some of the best ones I've seen the dealer
told me that he made them up from parts.

DHeath

I liked the 66 and 67 holders. A truly useful mint product. Actually the blue paper insert comes right out, and they're great for storing year sets.