Did the Proof Sets from years past in cellophane come in a sealed envelope?

JapanJohn

Or was the envelope unsealed? I see a million people on eBay selling sealed sets with a nudge that you could get a $9000 coin or something. I also see a half million people on eBay selling the envelopes.

So does anybody know........Did they come sealed in the original envelope or was it just inserted into the envelope and shipped in another package?

John

meos1

No, the envelope was not sealed. My 50's era proof sets envelopes were not sealed.

MadMarty

I bought a mint sealed box of 10 1964 proof sets, they WERE sealed inside.

Whitby

my 1958 proof set was also sealed in its envelope...

arlea1957

<< <i>Or was the envelope unsealed? I see a million people on eBay selling sealed sets with a nudge that you could get a $9000 coin or something. I also see a half million people on eBay selling the envelopes.

So does anybody know........Did they come sealed in the original envelope or was it just inserted into the envelope and shipped in another package?

John >>



I believe you can also buy unused envelopes on ebay, and seal them after the fact. But we know no one would ever do that!

JapanJohn

My point exactly.

John

Whitby

sure, that can be done, but did the envelope have the types card telling you that the set was made to the best standards possible on a type writer as the paper is perforated by the machine that was used? Just curious....

100proof1957

my belief is that the mint sealed the PROOF sets but not the MINT sets

sight un seen on the Bay is a whole nother story !

majorbigtime

I bought 'em directly from tne mint--they were sealed.

ABC123

How easy is it to reprint Mint brown envelopes ? Answer: Very !

nankraut

"I bought 'em directly from tne mint--they were sealed."

Majorbigtime is Correct, for boxed sets (1950-1955) and flat-pack envelopes (1955-1964). But many of the flat-pack envelopes were "lightly" sealed. They can easily be opened without tearing the flap, and re-sealed. I still have quite a few sets in the original mint-sealed envelopes--especially 1956-57-58. Seems like the mint-sealed ones always bring more money on EBAY, due to the "unknown" factor. Personally, I'd rather examine the coins before I buy them.

Also, the envelopes weren't all "brown" colored. I have a few 1957 sets (mint sealed envelopes) in larger off-white color, also some in darker grey color envelopes. Of the ones I've opened so far, I've found that almost all of these are of higher relative quality, with occasional cameo strikes. They're most likely from the earlier dies, IMHO. I hesitate opening the rest of my sealed envelope sets because it lowers the value, according to EBAY sales history.

BTW: All my 1956 and later proof sets were purchased by me from the US Mint. So I know where they came from and where they've been.