So The 2012 Silver Proof Is The New JFK Key Non-SMS Coin?

@basebal: Strange turn of events, eh? On Monday, the '11 sets go off sale then followed immediately by the '12 sets on Wednesday and Thursday. If what you suggest was the case, how come these two sets didn't end up on the Last Chance page? The thinking probably was let's just sell these during the calendar year, and forecast enough until then, once the year is over, that's it, we won't package anymore like we did (stupidly) with the '11 sets, which took up space and generated storage fees. We are not just talking about the marketing department, but also the accountants who presumably want to squeeze every cent they can get off of each of the available products. They probably saw the dismal numbers of the '11 sets in '12 and concluded it was a waste of time and space to keep the sets available for so long. After the FY'12 report that just came out, don't be surprised with forthcoming short sales, there seems to be belt tightening at the Mint again.

Folks: good discussion. Everybody has good points to make. Thanks!

Too coincidental, perhaps? But definitely someone at the Mint is going through the catalog with an ax. Wish they would ax the less important 'junkier' offerings and not the basic annual sets, which are at the heart of the hobby.

If they already had a meltdown scheduled for the unsold 2011 Sets, they figured why not throw in all the unsold 2012 Sets and get two year's worth melted down at one time?

If the 2012 Silver/Clad Proof Quarters Sets are not axed by the end of next week, the storage issue could be the reason. One-lens Sets such as the Proof Quarters take up less space than the three-lens full Proof Sets.

True, the one-lens 2012 Presidential dollar Proof Set was axed, but the Mint sold 249,265 of those Sets alone. The total mintage of 2012 Proof Presidential dollars is three times that of the 2012 Silver Proof Dimes and JFK's.

Just got my Clad 2012 Proof Set today (accompanied by a 2012 Silver Quarters Proof Set).

A second Clad Proof Set now sits beside my 2009 Clad Set to clutter up my 1992-date Silver Proof Set collection...

Now the big question is where the 2012 Proof Quarter mintages will end up.


A big factor in favor of the 2012 Silver JFK's and Dimes!

With both of the full 2012 Proof Sets gone, the previously slow-moving Proof Quarters Sets might pick up speed.

If both of the 2012 Proof Quarters Sets remain available until March or later, the 2012 Proof Quarter mintages could approach those of the 2011's (in theory).