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Seeing as how they have actively and consciencously produced mint sets with satin finishes, don't you think they should really give the collector market what it wants and make Silver uncirculated sets?
Personally, I think they'd sell like gangbusters and be the version most people would collect.
I also don't see any downside for the mint. They are already making a substantial profit over face value on the base metal coins.
What do you guys think? Would you buy silver mint sets if they were available? Would you prefer them to what's available now?
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don't they already do this with the quarters?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I think he means half, quarters, dime in one Mint set...like a silver proof set
I think the silver proof set fills that need.....
Edited by Foxwoods Man
11/17/2011 5:01 pm
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Interesting idea. Love it, hate it.  Personally, I do not see it happening. A problem for some collectors is the necessity of updating the future dated album pages to include the "silver uncirculated" hole. However, there are plenty of people that collect the sets as sets. This will be an interesting discussion. |
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they already do this with commemoratives. I think the claddies might complain that it means they have to buy one more coin to complete a set- but a relatively low run in silver would hearken back to the good old days.
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United States
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I would personally like to see it happen but...
it's hard to keep up with so many sets now as it is.
probably have to cut back on something else to be able
for me
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United States
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I don't know about a uncirculated silver set, but I would like to see a silver set that is all silver. I collect the silver proof sets but have very little interest in the clad coins included along with the silver coins.
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Should the Mint Start Producing Silver Mint Sets no |
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I don't know about a uncirculated silver set, but I would like to see a silver set that is all silver Actually, upon reading this..... I DO find that notion interesting. When I bust open my Silver Proof Sets to put in my Dansco's....there they are ! .... Those Lincoln's, Nickels, Native Dollars, and Presidential dollars JUST STARING ME IN THE FACE ! And they're saying.... " Hey there ! I know you like Silver, but we're NOT Silver". " We're actually THE EXACT SAME COINS YOU FIND IN YOUR REGULAR PROOF SETS" ! ......  So, maybe it would be pretty cool to see these typically "non-silver" coins ACTUALLY be silver ? Very interesting......but probably not ever likely....  |
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I dunno a silver cent or silver "nickel"? Feels like a bad marketing decision to me. Something I would expect from the Morgan Mint but not from the U.S. Mint. IMHO
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United States
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I would be perfectly happy if they just left out the non-silver coins.
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United States
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Personally, I'd rather spend my limited coin budget on collecting older coins rather than keeping up with even more new coins every year. We have silver proof coins already, that's enough.
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United States
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Please no, there's already too many sets. That's why the satin finish mint sets didn't last. People still wanted regular circulation strikes, so it just left them with too many things to collect. I don't want cents, nickels or dollars struck in silver either. There are already plenty of silver products out there. The only reason it's a good idea for the dimes, quarters and halves is because that was the historical composition. Likewise, I'd like the cents in proof sets to be struck from bronze instead a plated zinc.
I'd rather see them pare the various sets down a bit - get rid of clad proof sets. That way you've got silver proof sets, and clad mint sets and that's it. Or maybe if that's too far, make a combined proof set that's basically the silver proof set with the clad half dollar, dime and quarters added on so that you're not buying two sets and duplicating the cent, nickel and dollars.
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Quote:When I bust open my Silver Proof Sets to put in my Dansco's....there they are ! .... Those Lincoln's, Nickels, Native Dollars, and Presidential dollars JUST STARING ME IN THE FACE ! And they're saying.... "Hey there ! I know you like Silver, but we're NOT Silver". "We're actually THE EXACT SAME COINS YOU FIND IN YOUR REGULAR PROOF SETS" ! .. What I really want to see is a "combined" proof set, to eliminate the duplication caused by buying both a silver and clad set. A close option is that the silver quarters are available separately, but then there are those pesky dimes and half dollars to worry about. |
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 On that note, what does everyone do with their extra penny, nickel, and dollars? |
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Posted 11/17/2011 4:06 pm
