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Valued Member
United States
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I have been thinking, the annual Silver Proof set is very nice, being able to once again acquire quarters, dimes, and halves in 90% silver. However the inclusion of the nickel and cent in standard circulating composition is rather redundant. Why don't they include a bronze cent (pre-83 composition) and a silver nickel (WWII composition) to increase the variety and interest in the set? They could even put the large mint mark over the dome on the nickel!
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Moderator
 United States
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That's a pretty cool idea, if the truth be told. I'm not a Modern guy, but I'd be pretty interested in such a retro set.
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Valued Member
United States
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United States
455 Posts |
I think that's a great idea as well.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
5199 Posts |
For 1993 I think the mint should have done a 50th anniversary set with a silver nickel and a steel cent.
Maybe in 2018 they can do it for the 75th anniversary.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
927 Posts |
I think this is a pretty cool idea. Maybe the mint could go a step farther and make the dollar coins out of silver as well. They don't have to be the original size but the same size as the current "golden" dollars, but in silver.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
814 Posts |
I think that a silver Prez or Sac dollar in the silver proof sets would be just a little odd since the circulation dollars are golden (not silver) in color. Not a bad idea, but I just know I find it a little odd.
Did the Mint do a silver SBA$ in 1999 for the silver proof sets that year?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
927 Posts |
The 1999 SBA proof dollars were made in Philadelphia, not San Francisco and were sold separately from the regular 1999 proof set. And they were not silver. It would have been a good idea though. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
589 Posts |
There's a ton of stuff the mint could (and should) do. And there's a ton of stuff they should have done in the past (like not having waited from 1935 to 1971 to reintroduce a dollar coin, or not having abolished the gold standard so the value of the dollar would have been stable and gas would still be 25 cents, or less, a gallon) Some things can't be done about it (executive power and gold elimination), but some things can...like your idea (which would be awesome!!) I always hate being told this, but it's really the only way for something like this to ever be possible: Write your congressmen. Persuade them to introduce a bill and let it progress from there. (However, while you're writing your congressmen, do you think you could persuade them to put Lady Liberty back where she belongs?  |
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United States
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I guess I am in the minority here. Proofs should be the finest example of that year's coins and thus should be of the same composition.
While silver dimes, quarters and half dollars are fine for nostalgia purposes those aren't "real" coins meant for circulation and thus are not true Proofs, at least in the traditional sense. As for the cent, I can see the bronze for these fantasy sets but the silver nickel is not the original composition but rather an emergency war measure.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Did the Mint do a silver SBA$ in 1999 for the silver proof sets that year? The decision to strike 1999 SBA's at all came much too late in the year for them to be included in either the regular or silver proof sets. It takes awhile to make over 2.5 million proof set holders and they were ordered in 1998 and proof set sales started early in 1999 (First year of the State Quarter). They didn't decide that they HAD to make 1999 SBA's until September of 1999 and production didn't start until mid October. It has always surprised me how little interest there was in the 1999 P proof SBA. They had a maximum authorized mintage of only 750,000 coins, the rarest of the SBA's by fare with the possible exception of the 81-S type 2. Yet it took four YEARS to sell out! Yes the mint sold them from 1999 into 2004 before finally selling out. |
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Korea, Republic Of
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Hmmmmm.......how about the US Mint not making the proofs with the current design with dead (well-respected) presidents of the past, and mint the proofs with the design used 100 years ago? Like the Buffalo nickel, the SLQ, the Merc and the Walker instead of current coins, bearing the date "2014"? I know it sounds a tad bit away from plausible, but it would be nice to see some designs from the best days of American coinage? |
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United States
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Proofs should be the finest example of that year's coins and thus should be of the same composition. Then do not buy the silver proof sets.  I like the idea, but I would be happier if they offered a clad/silver combo set to eliminate the duplicates. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
649 Posts |
I love this idea. It would be nice to be able to reduce the mintage of the proof nickel & cent while offering collectors a really cool couple of unique coins. While we are at it, I would also like to see a set being offered that consisted of all of the current years circulating coins in both the current compositions and alternative (90% half, quarter, dime, 35% nickel, bronze cent)metal minted as a matte proof. Maybe even a large size 90% Native American dollar (or just the ASE)? That set would look soooooo good in a Dansco  |
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United States
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Quote: Maybe even a large size 90% Native American dollar... That set would look soooooo good in a Dansco Now you have my attention!  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1531 Posts |
Where's the mint director when you need 'em!?
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Posted 04/26/2014 1:49 pm
