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Just bought an unopened 1961 proof set. To open or not to open?

It was only $13.50 but for some reason, I can't decide on whether or not to open it. Part of me says that it's all regular coins inside and part of me says there might be something interesting. What say you?

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  • smokincoinsmokincoin Posts: 2,636 ✭✭✭
    Open it up you big dummy!image
  • ClosedLoopClosedLoop Posts: 1,077 ✭✭✭
    open it, members here say if it's sealed it's been searched.
    figglehorn
  • STONESTONE Posts: 15,275
    It's an inexpensive way to have some fun.

    OPEN NOW image
  • I say you won't be surprised because it's probably been opened before...
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  • garsmithgarsmith Posts: 5,894 ✭✭
    Just open it, it's highly doubtful that you will be the first.
  • Halfhunter06Halfhunter06 Posts: 1,332 ✭✭✭
    open it, you never know if there are any Cameos
  • I buy them so that I can open them.
  • stevekstevek Posts: 30,018 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Might as well open it - Could be tough to open at the flap because of the Elmer's glue. image
  • keetskeets Posts: 25,351 ✭✭✭✭✭
    G-willikers, i can hgardly stand the suspense.
  • MeltdownMeltdown Posts: 8,959 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I have two 58 proof sets that I have not opened either. Can we clear this up ONE MORE TIME?
    Did the envelopes originaly come sealed from the mint? I bought these from my coin shop shortly after they walked in the door
    from an elderly estate collection. I REALLY want to believe they have not been searched. I've had them for about 3 years and resisted the temptation to open them so far.
  • Never seen a set like that before but I would say not to open.
    image
  • MadMartyMadMarty Posts: 16,697 ✭✭✭


    << <i>I have two 58 proof sets that I have not opened either. Can we clear this up ONE MORE TIME?
    Did the envelopes originaly come sealed from the mint? I bought these from my coin shop shortly after they walked in the door
    from an elderly estate collection. I REALLY want to believe they have not been searched. I've had them for about 3 years and resisted the temptation to open them so far. >>




    YES, proof sets came sealed from the mint, mint sets came unsealed from the mint. 1965 SMS sets were unsealed unless they were a single item shipped then they were sealed with a shipping label on them...
    It is not exactly cheating, I prefer to consider it creative problem solving!!!

  • segojasegoja Posts: 6,141 ✭✭✭✭
    Proof Sets did come sealed from the mint.

    Mint sets did not.

    If anybody needs sealed Proof Sets, let me know.
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  • tightbudgettightbudget Posts: 7,299 ✭✭✭
    Opened it. Nothing. Oh well, at least I'm out nearly nothing.
  • duck620duck620 Posts: 1,024 ✭✭✭✭
    Needs To be opened.image HURRY!
  • JRoccoJRocco Posts: 14,277 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Why buy it and not open it?
    Are you a coin collector or a sealed filled letter collector?
    image
    Some coins are just plain "Interesting"
  • keetskeets Posts: 25,351 ✭✭✭✭✭
    i think the king of all the sealed-set mania has to be the GSA Morgans. i don't know what they sell for now, but i remember them selling like hotcakes several years ago for anywhere from $3-500. opening those sets was an almost certain guarantee of losing a few hundred bucks.
  • DeloreanDelorean Posts: 476 ✭✭✭
    Here's a twist..I have a sealed, undated proof set that really looks like it has never been opened. I'm going to open it but I'm savoring it first!image
    Chuck,

    Ever Onward
  • Coll3ctorColl3ctor Posts: 3,353 ✭✭✭
    I say leave it sealed. You will only be disapointed if you open it image
  • MadMartyMadMarty Posts: 16,697 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Here's a twist..I have a sealed, undated proof set that really looks like it has never been opened. I'm going to open it but I'm savoring it first!image >>



    Nothing to savor, it's a repack!!
    It is not exactly cheating, I prefer to consider it creative problem solving!!!

  • DeloreanDelorean Posts: 476 ✭✭✭
    Coll3ctor, you're probably right!!
    Chuck,

    Ever Onward
  • sinin1sinin1 Posts: 7,500
    Don't open it

    and to save your heirs the same perplexing delimma,
    put in your will to have this set buried with you

    then after a hundred years or so, when the paper rots,
    you will know about your set
  • nankrautnankraut Posts: 4,565 ✭✭✭


    << <i>open it, members here say if it's sealed it's been searched. >>



    Well...not always so. I still have some (around a hundred or so) 1957's in the large gray envelopes that I ordered directly from the mint in 1957 @ $2.10 per set; so I KNOW they've never been opened. I sold a bunch of these a few yrs ago on EBAY, and realized a substantial premium for them.
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  • aficionadoaficionado Posts: 2,309 ✭✭✭
    Open it. for $13.50 ???



  • << <i>Opened it. Nothing. Oh well, at least I'm out nearly nothing >>



    Send it back. There are supposed to be coins in there. image
    Dave of the cornfields
  • SmittysSmittys Posts: 9,876 ✭✭✭✭✭
    some proof sets didn't have dates on them, I have four different type envoples for a 1957 proof set all out of mint sealed boxes
  • MadMartyMadMarty Posts: 16,697 ✭✭✭


    << <i>some proof sets didn't have dates on them, I have four different type envoples for a 1957 proof set all out of mint sealed boxes >>



    The mint went through some strangeness in 57. I have seen the end open envelopes, the top open envelopes, white and brown...
    It is not exactly cheating, I prefer to consider it creative problem solving!!!

  • jhdflajhdfla Posts: 3,030 ✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>Here's a twist..I have a sealed, undated proof set that really looks like it has never been opened. I'm going to open it but I'm savoring it first!image >>



    Nothing to savor, it's a repack!! >>



    Nothing to savor really either, it's a 1961, sheesh, you'd think it was some proof coins from the 1860's or something...
    Something like the guy last week with the roll of "unopened" 1955 Lincoln's, why in the world would you NOT open it?

    john
  • Go ahead and open it. You will be at least the second person to do so.

    Chris
  • Final word on this most misunderstood topic...................... I personally purchased 1962, 1963, and 1964 proof sets directly from the US Mint, and none of them were sealed. I do not believe the Mint ever sealed any of the 1955-1964 flat-pack proof sets, or mint sets either for that matter. Yes, glue is on the envelopes of most, but was not, repeat was not sealed at the Mint. Any sealing of the envelopes came after delivery to the purchaser and was either deliberately or accidentally induced (perhaps because of poor storage in a humid climate, or heavy weight on top of the sets, etc.). Aftermarket envelope copies are all over the place and this game of never-opened goes on and on. Keep in mind the phrase 'buyer beware.' BTW, has anyone out there ever heard of someone finding a super cameo Franklin (or anything else spectacular) in a so-called unopened proof set?
    Enjoy each day as though it was your last.


  • << <i>Final word on this most misunderstood topic...................... I personally purchased 1962, 1963, and 1964 proof sets directly from the US Mint, and none of them were sealed. I do not believe the Mint ever sealed any of the 1955-1964 flat-pack proof sets, or mint sets either for that matter. Yes, glue is on the envelopes of most, but was not, repeat was not sealed at the Mint. Any sealing of the envelopes came after delivery to the purchaser and was either deliberately or accidentally induced (perhaps because of poor storage in a humid climate, or heavy weight on top of the sets, etc.). Aftermarket envelope copies are all over the place and this game of never-opened goes on and on. Keep in mind the phrase 'buyer beware.' BTW, has anyone out there ever heard of someone finding a super cameo Franklin (or anything else spectacular) in a so-called unopened proof set? >>



    What he said!

    Maybe the OP should demand that the seller submit a sample for DNA testing.

    Chris
  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Another con game... might as well open and be the second to view the coins... ebay'rs lie... all the time. Unless you personally know the seller and can attest to his honesty, it is a lie. Maybe even then... Cheers, RickO
  • SmittysSmittys Posts: 9,876 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Final word on this most misunderstood topic...................... I personally purchased 1962, 1963, and 1964 proof sets directly from the US Mint, and none of them were sealed. I do not believe the Mint ever sealed any of the 1955-1964 flat-pack proof sets, or mint sets either for that matter. Yes, glue is on the envelopes of most, but was not, repeat was not sealed at the Mint. Any sealing of the envelopes came after delivery to the purchaser and was either deliberately or accidentally induced (perhaps because of poor storage in a humid climate, or heavy weight on top of the sets, etc.). Aftermarket envelope copies are all over the place and this game of never-opened goes on and on. Keep in mind the phrase 'buyer beware.' BTW, has anyone out there ever heard of someone finding a super cameo Franklin (or anything else spectacular) in a so-called unopened proof set? >>



    I've opened many Mint sealed mailed boxes of silver proofs mainly 57-64 all were sealed
    Mint sets weren't but all the proofs were
  • MadMartyMadMarty Posts: 16,697 ✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>Final word on this most misunderstood topic...................... I personally purchased 1962, 1963, and 1964 proof sets directly from the US Mint, and none of them were sealed. I do not believe the Mint ever sealed any of the 1955-1964 flat-pack proof sets, or mint sets either for that matter. Yes, glue is on the envelopes of most, but was not, repeat was not sealed at the Mint. Any sealing of the envelopes came after delivery to the purchaser and was either deliberately or accidentally induced (perhaps because of poor storage in a humid climate, or heavy weight on top of the sets, etc.). Aftermarket envelope copies are all over the place and this game of never-opened goes on and on. Keep in mind the phrase 'buyer beware.' BTW, has anyone out there ever heard of someone finding a super cameo Franklin (or anything else spectacular) in a so-called unopened proof set? >>



    I've opened many Mint sealed mailed boxes of silver proofs mainly 57-64 all were sealed
    Mint sets weren't but all the proofs were >>



    Same here. I just bought a sealed 10 pack of 1964 proof sets, they were all sealed when I cracked the box open. Maybe you are confusing mint sets and proof sets?
    It is not exactly cheating, I prefer to consider it creative problem solving!!!



  • << <i>Same here. I just bought a sealed 10 pack of 1964 proof sets, they were all sealed when I cracked the box open. Maybe you are confusing mint sets and proof sets? >>



    So, I guess I should assume that you got my Xmas card that was inside.

    Chris

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