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Thanks for the article Bizy... I am not sure how everyone will feel about this but personally I love the reverse proof coins and would love to have the opportunity to purchase the silver and clad sets in proof & reverse proof versions.. I know of quite a few others that like the reverse proof coins as well.. just my 2 cents
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I completely understand why people like the reverse proof and I do too. My only issue is the sheer volume of US Mint products. Instead of buying 2 proof sets (1 clad and 1 silver) and feel like I am keeping up...now we have added the Silver Annual Limited Edition and then with this announcement we have added one (maybe 2) more-- at least for one year. But I wouldn't be surprised if the one year turned into every year.
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Actually now that you mention it crazyglue I didn't think about that part of it with my initial response.. Yeah that could get expensive as well as hard to keep up with if you don't have the subscription setup.. Hopefully like you said maybe it will be a 1 time thing or maybe once every 10 years or something like that.. Only time will tell I guess
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I don't get the reference to 50th anniversary of proof coins at SF mint... there were only SMS sets in 1965 - 1967, so they started proof production in 1968. This set should wait till 2018...
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iontyre: I wondered if anyone else found the "anniversary" dubious? As a matter of fact the Mint director at the time, Eva Adams blamed the silver coin shortage on collectors and in pique suspended proof set production for 1965. Instead the Mint issued the Special Mint set, which can be found "proof like," but are not listed with the proof set run that started in 1968. Either the marketing folks are conveniently ignoring this or rewriting the Mint's history. As you said, the anniversary of the revamped proof set production in San Francisco would be in 2018. Issuing a high relief reverse proof Peace dollar would be apropos in 2018. Edited by Bizybackson
08/08/2014 1:27 pm
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Maybe this will also be the start of 999 fine silver denominations...
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I don't get the reference to 50th anniversary of proof coins at SF mint... there were only SMS sets in 1965 - 1967, so they started proof production in 1968. This set should wait till 2018...  I was thinking the same thing. They must be low on ideas. I like the idea of the set, but I feel collector only versions of coins in these series can really damage series collecting. Baseball cards come to mind with this scheme. Companies kept issuing more and more versions of the same card that either made it impossible to complete full set due to the cost prohibitive nature or the inability to find a certain variety because of extremely low print run. Edited by AlbumAccumulator
08/08/2014 2:06 pm
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The mint should do a silver proof set (the big one with the Silver Eagle they release at the end of the year) and have the standard proof and the reverse proof of each coin.
But I guess that idea would take away sales from any future limited edition reverse proof Silver Eagle sets.
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Standard Proof set: Coins in this 14-coin set will exhibit multiple finishes. The multiple finishes set will replace the current standard set bearing a uniform Proof finish, i.e., frosted devices against mirrored fields. I do think I will like this at all.  |
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Baseball cards come to mind with this scheme. Companies kept issuing more and more versions of the same card that either made it impossible to complete full set due to the cost prohibitive nature or the inability to find a certain variety because of extremely low print run. I was thinking the same thing when I read this article. All the high-end, ultra-rare stuff and parallels (multiple versions of the same card) chased all but the deepest of pockets out of collecting sport trading cards in the 2000's. That and baseball card companies flooded the market with just too much product. Couple that with the collapse of dot-com and many people didn't have the free cash to shell out. @jbuck, I don't know that I'll enjoy the multiple finishes set either (though I am a fan of reverse proof in general), but I suppose if the 2015-S Nickel (for example) is reverse proof and that's the only proof issue for it in 2015, then... eh. I guess it's a wash. It'll just look funny in albums. Speaking of albums this is also going to drive album companies nuts. And those of us just OCD enough to twitch when we don't see "Reverse Proof" underneath an RP coin. |
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I don't get the reference to 50th anniversary of proof coins at SF mint.. Well they aren't real strict on their anniversaries lately. For example the bicentennial of the Star Spangled Banner coins that came out in 2012, 198 years after the the battle of Ft McHenry where the flag that became the "Star Spangled Banner" was flown and Francis Scot Key's poem was written. |
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This isn't on the us mint, but it's confusing to me how Kennedy half dollars of any date are now being out into special 50th anniversary holders... Last time I checked, 1992 was the 50th anniversary of... Well, 1942. Nothing to do with JFK or the Kennedy half dollar. A little bit of a different conversation, but it all just feels so gimmicky. |
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I really don't get the reverse cameo concept. Regular cameo is the mints attempt (albeit poor) to reproduce the natural cameo from the early proof process. Reverse cameo would have never occurred by itself. Of course it's not as bad as the enhanced ASE proof. I can't even bear to look at those. |
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I guess China must be in on that deal,seems like they are on every thing else that pertains to Silver,Looking forward getting me a set or 2..they change a dozen times before they decide on the final version Prolly
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I don't care if they do this or not, although I'm not likely to be a purchaser as it just seems like another gimmick, and coins we really don't need. Seems OK for every-so-often special sets, but for an annual set? C'mon, man! Also, I hate when they do stuff like this in the middle of a series, like they've done before. For example, some parts of the State Quarters, parks quarters, Presidential dollars, Sacagawea rotating reverses, etc. have satin finish while others don't; some parks quarters have S-minted coins while others don't, etc. For the obsessive perfectionits among us, changing finishes, strike types, mint locations, etc., is frustrating, especially as the album makers often don't account for this. |
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