Silver Proof Set holder, box, and COA.

CoinOnTheCob

I asked this question yesterday, but, whoever the wise one is, missed it. I bought two silver proof sets off of eBay a few days ago and noticed many empty silver-proof-set holders, boxes and COAs for sale.

A forumite told me that he was concerned about that too and suspected that an eBayer could refill the holder with proof clad coins.

Is there any way to tell if a holder has been fooled with by looking at it? I assume that they are easer to crack than a slab.
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relayer

New proof sets open easily and could easily be changed, but the silver sets do look nicer than the clad so I would assume it would be easy to detect (but I'm also sure people probably do it).

I saw an empty 1999 Silver holder on eBay the other day at $56

Bochiman

As mentioned, if done right, you won't be able to tell on the holders ('99-current).
However, you should be able to tell on the coin.

The problem would be if you do order from a crook and you try to call them on it, they may accuse you of swapping the coins

CoinOnTheCob

10-4, Relayer.
I am pretty wary and careful about what I buy on eBay. The possibility of refilled holders didn’t even occur to me.
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Edited to add; Thank you, also, Bochiman. This is what I’m afraid of.