by Morsecode » Mon Jul 14, 2014 8:49 pm
String boxes are no guarantee of solid dates. I buy these all the time and find them to fall anywhere between 90% and maybe 98% 2014. Same thing last year and the year before that.
The coin suppliers dump the new in with the old. Which is why it's sorta crazy to pay ebay prices when you could just as easily buy them direct from the mint in sewn bags guaranteed to be 100%...and for a lot less money.
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