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Valued Member
United States
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Getting ready to order my sets for my albums. Is there any difference between the proof set and the silver proof set outside of the silver dime, half, and quarters? Would the cent, nickel, sac, etc be the same quality / appearance in both sets? Think it would but just confirming.
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Bedrock of the Community
 United States
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I don't believe there is any difference other than what you've listed.
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Valued Member
United States
410 Posts |
The non-silver coins are identical.
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Bedrock of the Community
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The non silver coins are the same. It would be kind of cool though if they did one where EVERY coin was silver.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
12813 Posts |
 Or at least somewhat different. Different finish, different MM, something. |
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Bedrock of the Community
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Agreed, anything different would be nice for the non silver coins. I do like the sets but when I got the first one I was a little disappointed that some of the coins were just run of the mill ordinary ones.
I dont know a ton about the minting process in general but if they wanted to save money by not making new dies does anyone know if they could just use the same ones for a silver coin or would that require a redesign as well?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Yeah, it is kind of strange why the Mint just has a few coins made of silver. It is misleading. It would have been awesome and it would really make the set stand out, if all of the coins were made of silver. That would be something really unique and I bet they would sell a lot more sets that way.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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It wouldn't make any sense though. The reason why the silver proof sets have silver halves, quarters and dimes is because that's their historical composition. Nickels and cents were never minted in silver. Dollars were, but never small size dollars.
I hope they never take the advice to mint the other coins in silver. Between the different denominations, different quarter designs, proofs and silver proofs and circulation strikes, there are 49 different issues to collect. 2009 was even worse with 20 different penny designs/finishes/compositions. For the PENNY! No need to add seven more every year. In fact, I would say they should reduce the number of different versions by eliminating the clad proofs. Thank god they got rid of the satin finish nonsense.
If anything, they should mint the proof cents in a solid copper/bronze composition.
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Valued Member
United States
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If you're going for historical accuracy, why don't they make the cent copper?
Nickels were 35% silver for a few years, they could do that again...
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I have always wished they would sell a combined silver and clad proof set so I can avoid the duplicates.  Quote:
If anything, they should mint the proof cents in a solid copper/bronze composition. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Between the different denominations, different quarter designs, proofs and silver proofs and circulation strikes, there are 49 different issues to collect. 2009 was even worse with 20 different penny designs/finishes/compositions. For the PENNY! You say that like it's a bad thing. :) Ah, well, to each their own. Personally I like the varieties. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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The 20 different cents for 2009 was a crazy situation. I can see adding the dollar coin of silver being crazy too, since there are 5 designs each year, but at least they aren't satin anymore. I didn't see adding a satin finish a big improvement that was worthwhile to keep either. I'm glad they stopped it.
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Yeah, it is kind of strange why the Mint just has a few coins made of silver. It is misleading. It would have been awesome and it would really make the set stand out, if all of the coins were made of silver. That would be something really unique and I bet they would sell a lot more sets that way. Agreed. An all siver set really would stand out. It would also allow people to collect both proof sets without getting duplicates too if they wanted. Quote:
Between the different denominations, different quarter designs, proofs and silver proofs and circulation strikes, there are 49 different issues to collect. 2009 was even worse with 20 different penny designs/finishes/compositions. For the PENNY! I just dont see how that would create an Issue changing the pennies in the silver proof set. If you were someone who really wanted every penny every year and got the silvers proofs as well anyway its not like it creates a hassle to go find that coin. Maybe I'm missing something |
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