Canada 1948 & 1953 year set question

mrpotatoheadd

Does anybody know anything (where/when/etc.) about how these sets were packaged? The 1948 set is in a black cardboard holder with mylar slides on both sides (like Dansco albiums). The 1953 set is in a white cardboard holder, wrapped tight with cellophane.

1948 set:



1953 set:

Hyperion

ad hoc dealer aftermarket schtuff?

newsman

Isn't that original packaging on the '53 set?

mrpotatoheadd

<< <i>Isn't that original packaging on the '53 set? >>

I just checked the Charlton catalog- the '53 looks like the picture under "Proof-like and Brilliant Uncirculated Sets"- there is no price listing for 1953 sets, but it does say that "1953 saw the first use of the white cardboard six-coin holder", so it looks like that's what these might be. The '48 set does look like an aftermarket type holder- I have a second set in a similar holder that only has the 1c through 50c, with no space for a dollar coin.

shirohniichan

I second (or third) the opinion that the 1948 set has aftermarket packaging and the 1953 set has mint-issue packaging.

coinkat

I believe the 1953 set is mint packing... I had a 1957 set like this. As for the 1948, I would tend to doubt it. In any event, I would look very closely at all of the coins

Doogy

looks like that packaging certainly imparted some decent toning, maybe colorful depending on the lighting.

mrpotatoheadd

The silver coins in the 1948 set have an attractive light purple toning- the posted scan is sort of crappy (I was more interested in showing the packaging than getting the coins to stand out).