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I've never seen a mint box that there was any reason to suspect had been tampered with. There was never much of a premium for most of these un- opened until recently so it may start happening. M… (View Post)

Exactly. They made millions and millions of sets and billions and billions of coins. Everywhere you look you can find great cherry picks if you know what to look for. I still keep my eye open. It… (View Post)

I wish I had seen this. That's the kind of anecdotal evidence I love. Coins are on the minds of the general public so they sell. The new dimes for the first time in 80 years (the lifetime of 95%… (View Post)

Until you open that 1971 proof set you don't know whether the coins are dead or alive. You can look at a small mountain of 1971` proof sets and there's no way to tell that most of the minta… (View Post)

This is quite true but very highly misleading. It is especially misleading when it comes to coins and proof sets. Significant percentages of mintages can survive for some coins and especially gold an… (View Post)