Does original Mint packaging matter?

MrEureka · June 21, 2005 7:39AM

Capstick · June 21, 2005 7:50AM

Wow. That is awesome. Are those from your personal collection?

dthigpen · June 21, 2005 7:52AM

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Wow. That is awesome. Are those from your personal collection? >>

If they are, he's worth a lot more than I thought.

hughesm1 · June 21, 2005 7:57AM

Absolutely stunning!!!

morgannut2 · June 21, 2005 8:05AM

Is the 1804 set the one Rare Coin Wholesalers had on display at Mandelay Bay in Vegas? Also are the 1965's in plastic so they will stand on edge, and when were they offered?

magikbilly · June 21, 2005 8:10AM

Awesome

In many areas that I collect the box is worth as much or more than the collectible itself.

Billy

Wekar · June 21, 2005 8:20AM

The blue lucite block is 1 of 2 such blocks, both at the Smithsonian. 1965 Martha Washington Lucite Block. They're trial strikes for clad coinage.

Those first two sets MrEureka are amazing, I have seen neither of those before. To answer your question, I would have to say the original packaging does matter - for these sets, and ones like them. While it does matter, it's probably unfortunate that if/when those sets ever do get sold, they probably will be broken apart and pieced out.

Where I'm not so sure original packaging material matters is with modern commemoratives. At this time it seems to mostly be a coin flip in price between a (PCGS or NGC) slabbed modern commem or in it's original packaging; It can't be raw, that definitely devalues it (at least on eBay). I really am curious though if 30-50 years from now just how much, if any, premium there will be on original mint packaging for classic commemoratives (as opposed to ancient commemoratives), or if collectors in the future would rather have PCGS guaranteed MS/PR 69's instead of the original packaging. Personally, the few modern commems I've purchased slabbed, I've asked the seller if they had the original packaging, they didn't always, but I've got some, just to hedge my bet.

The pictures you posted MrEureka are going into my save folder, I will be keeping those coins in their original packaging forever!

wjd283 · June 21, 2005 8:29AM

Those are all very nice.

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If I don't plan on busting the set up,I like to have the OGP in pretty good shape.

JrGMan2004 · June 21, 2005 8:29AM

Eh... I guess so...

kiyote · June 21, 2005 8:45AM

I'd like one of those double Panama Pacific Expo sets with the copper frame. OMG, teh yum.

FatMan · June 21, 2005 8:54AM

Very Cool.

BillJones · June 21, 2005 9:00AM

Original mint packaging matters to me. I can't afford any of the sets that you pictured, Andy, but I can afford the four and six piece modern commemorative sets that came in the cherry wood boxes. It's now probably a closed end set since the mint seems to have stopped issuing multiple coin sets for the commemoratives and issued the last cherry wood box set in 1996.

With the exceptions of the first sets (1984 Olympics, 1986 Statue of Liberty, 1887 Constitution) many of these sets were not issued in large quantities. Furthermore some sets are being broken up because the combined bid prices for the individual coins are higher that the bids for the entire set. Many coins are also getting slabbed. Although you can sometimes buy the boxes from dealers who are breaking up the sets and re-assemble them, that can get expensive and tedious. I know. I re-assembled a 1992 Olympic set and would not do that again.

To me these wooden box sets are "poor man's" versions of the classic that out of reach for most us financially. For that reason I find them enjoyable to collect.

Does original Mint packaging matter?

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