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ChrisH821
ChrisH821 Posts: 7,147 ✭✭✭✭✭
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Just picked up a group of 4 1962 and 2 1961 sealed proof sets @$20 ea. I'm leaning towards opening, what would you do?

Collector, occasional seller

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  • DNADave
    DNADave Posts: 7,350 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Personally, I've always regretted opening original packages. Maybe 'cause I've never hit it big.
    Once you open it, the thrill of what could be is gone.

  • Walkerfan
    Walkerfan Posts: 10,391 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    I wouldn't be able to help myself.....I'd have to look.

    Sometimes, it’s better to be LUCKY than good. 🍀 🍺👍

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  • Paradisefound
    Paradisefound Posts: 8,623 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Reveal to satisfy your curiosity :) I am looking for the pictures ;)

  • Timbuk3
    Timbuk3 Posts: 11,658 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Open them !!! :)

    Timbuk3
  • Treashunt
    Treashunt Posts: 6,748 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    sheesh, open 'em already

    Frank

    BHNC #203

  • Namvet69
    Namvet69 Posts: 9,423 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Jump, jump, jump! Peace Roy

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  • Namvet69
    Namvet69 Posts: 9,423 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Jump, jump, jump! Peace Roy

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  • ajman
    ajman Posts: 1,359 ✭✭✭
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    Life is short, open them.

    Beer is Proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy -Benjamin Franklin-
  • AlexinPA
    AlexinPA Posts: 1,458 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Aren't you just a bit curious? :)

  • CommemKing
    CommemKing Posts: 2,202 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Please open them. They wont decrease in value much if they're just run of the mill coins. Maybe there's some DCAMs in there.

  • topstuf
    topstuf Posts: 14,803 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @Coinstartled said:
    Hell...I even tear the "do not remove tags" from my pillows.

    Open them!

    I think I saw that on Forensic Files. :o

  • 1630Boston
    1630Boston Posts: 14,157 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Open them, what's the worst that can be in there :smile:

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    Bad transactions with : nobody to date

  • ricko
    ricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    I always open them.... even the unopened GSA packs I purchased back in the '90's... opened right after I got them. I like to see what I have. Cheers, RickO

  • dpoole
    dpoole Posts: 5,940 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    It isn't like people are lined up around the block to buy unopened 1961 and 1962 proof sets.

    The only possible score is if you have some scarce DCAMs in there. And there's only one way to find out... :)


    Here's a warning parable for coin collectors...



  • 1Mike1
    1Mike1 Posts: 4,445 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Fight the urge. o:)

    "May the silver waves that bear you heavenward be filled with love’s whisperings"

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  • Namvet69
    Namvet69 Posts: 9,423 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Jump, jump, jump! Peace Roy

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  • oih82w8
    oih82w8 Posts: 13,206 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    First thought that comes to mind about uncertainty;

    MERLIN
    Looking at the cake (coin) is like looking at the future. Until you have savored its bitterness and its sweetness, its texture and its perfume, what do you really know? And then, of course, it will be too late.

    http://www.scifiscripts.com/scripts/excalibur.txt

    In other words...you will not know about the contents of what is inside; it could be bitter or it could be sweet. You could speculate until the cows come home, but you posed the question...and deep inside yourself...you know the answer.

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  • SanctionII
    SanctionII Posts: 13,185 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Open them. For the 1961 sets you have a chance of finding a DDR half dollar. The would be a great find.

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  • stevek
    stevek Posts: 32,681 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    I believe it's been determined that 1961 and 1962 proof sets did NOT come sealed from the mint.

  • AUandAG
    AUandAG Posts: 25,050 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    I've never found a sealed set. Were any of them sealed by the Mint when produced? I don't think so. The labels are gummed but never sealed.

    bob :)

    Registry: CC lowballs (boblindstrom), bobinvegas1989@yahoo.com
  • asheland
    asheland Posts: 24,545 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    I would open them!

    My YouTube Channel

  • au58
    au58 Posts: 1,288 ✭✭✭
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    How do you know what is in the envelopes?

  • SiriusBlack
    SiriusBlack Posts: 1,120 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Every comment says to open them, yet 10 people voted not to!

    SPEAK!!! We know you're wrong, but we want to know why! :D>:)o:)

    Collector of randomness. Photographer at PCGS. Lover of Harry Potter.

  • BryceM
    BryceM Posts: 11,940 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    You planing on living forever? Why did you buy them? What appealed to you?

    Open them.

    :)

  • Cameonut
    Cameonut Posts: 7,436 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @SanctionII said:
    Open them. For the 1961 sets you have a chance of finding a DDR half dollar. The would be a great find.

    That actually happened to me! SCORE!

    “In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock." - Thomas Jefferson

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  • BruceS
    BruceS Posts: 1,549 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Yup, Im with the majority. Open those puppies now!!

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  • dpoole
    dpoole Posts: 5,940 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Within that envelope exists
    What for most numismatists
    Is hope for fame and instant wealth
    How can you restrain yourself???!!!

    Burma Shave


    Here's a warning parable for coin collectors...



  • Namvet69
    Namvet69 Posts: 9,423 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    dpoole just dropped the mic.

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  • asheland
    asheland Posts: 24,545 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    :D

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  • Onastone
    Onastone Posts: 4,416 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Do you save Christmas presents in original wrappings without opening them for years? O P E N and photograph for us!!!

  • asheland
    asheland Posts: 24,545 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    I’d definitely want to see if there’s any deep cameos in there...

    My YouTube Channel

  • ChrisH821
    ChrisH821 Posts: 7,147 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Well, I've released them from their envelopes.

    Nice sets, nothing spectacular.

    Collector, occasional seller

  • chumley
    chumley Posts: 2,305 ✭✭✭✭
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    I had 10 unopened 1960 mint sets opened 2 and the other 8 are giving me the hairy eyeball

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