What is the largest # of unopened 1950-1955 boxed proof sets you have owned, seen or heard about?
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Doing a little work in the office today and probably heading to So. Cal. tomorrow.
Reading the thread on the unopened [until today] box of 75 1961 proof sets recently purchased by a fellow forumite on E-Bay got me to wondering about unopened 1950-1955 boxed proof sets.
Thus my question in the OP.
I recently was in a shop that had 5 1954 sets that were unopened. I bought one of the sets and was pleased with the contents [attractively toned silver coins with light frost on the devices].
In Mr. Tomaska's 1991 book on cameos, one of the contributors mentioned that in LA during 1979-80's silver run up he was given a chance to open 250 sealed 1954 boxed sets and 150 sealed 1953 boxed sets. That would have been fun.
How about you?
P.S. Might as well expand the question in the OP to also include "unopened" (whatever that means) proof sets for 1936-42 and for 1916 and earlier.
Reading the thread on the unopened [until today] box of 75 1961 proof sets recently purchased by a fellow forumite on E-Bay got me to wondering about unopened 1950-1955 boxed proof sets.
Thus my question in the OP.
I recently was in a shop that had 5 1954 sets that were unopened. I bought one of the sets and was pleased with the contents [attractively toned silver coins with light frost on the devices].
In Mr. Tomaska's 1991 book on cameos, one of the contributors mentioned that in LA during 1979-80's silver run up he was given a chance to open 250 sealed 1954 boxed sets and 150 sealed 1953 boxed sets. That would have been fun.
How about you?
P.S. Might as well expand the question in the OP to also include "unopened" (whatever that means) proof sets for 1936-42 and for 1916 and earlier.
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I misinterpreted the question, sorry...both boxes and flat packs came out in '55, never seen any original US Mint shipping boxes containing the small sealed cardboard boxes of proof sets.
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<< <i>Doing a little work in the office today and probably heading to So. Cal. tomorrow.
Reading the thread on the unopened [until today] box of 75 1961 proof sets recently purchased by a fellow forumite on E-Bay got me to wondering about unopened 1950-1955 boxed proof sets.
Thus my question in the OP.
I recently was in a shop that had 5 1954 sets that were unopened. I bought one of the sets and was pleased with the contents [attractively toned silver coins with light frost on the devices].
In Mr. Tomaska's 1991 book on cameos, one of the contributors mentioned that in LA during 1979-80's silver run up he was given a chance to open 250 sealed 1954 boxed sets and 150 sealed 1953 boxed sets. That would have been fun.
How about you?
P.S. Might as well expand the question in the OP to also include "unopened" (whatever that means) proof sets for 1936-42 and for 1916 and earlier. >>
Are you referring to still in the shipping carton, or just the envelope?
If it's the still in the shipping carton from the Mint, none.
If it's the envelope itself, I have 3 PMSE that my grandfather sealed himself after inspecting the coins.
Not the sealed shipping boxes (like the one in the thread on the 1961 proof sets). I mean the small cardboard boxes that 1950-1955 proof sets (some of the 1955 sets were in these cardboard boxes and partway through the calendar year the mint changed and started using the cello packaging and yellow flat pack envelope) were placed into by the mint.
What year are the three sets you are talking about that your grandfather had/has? (and what do you mean he sealed envelopes himself after inspecting the coins?).
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Edited to say that I'm sure the auction was at a coin show. St Louis and Atlanta come to mind, but obviously I'm not sure about that.
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Does this have any connection to the use of"brick" as in boxes of coins from the bank?
Such as $25 in 1c, $250 in 10c etc.
Are you getting the idea no one really knew what they were doing? It was a good year to be aggressive.