The only ones that come to mind are the 1971 and 1972 sets without Ikes and the 1999 set without the 
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On a side note, why did the former two sets not include Ikes? Was it to attract more attention to the new Blue and Brown Ikes?
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The 1971's came out relatively late in the year. At that time mint and proof sets were ordered very early in the year, so no 1971's in the mint sets. The 1972's are a little harder to explain. This is just a theory on my part but with the Ikes running so late in 1971 they may not have been sure they were going to be out yet by early 1972 when they negotiated the packaging contract for the the 72 sets. If they didn't include it in the contract, and then the coin was issued in 71 so there would be 72 dollars it was too late to change the contract. By the time the 1973 contract was negotiated they knew there would be 1973 dollars. in the case of the proof sets, same reason for the 1971's, and in 72 they were using up the stockpile of holders which didn't have a hole for the dollar. Same reason why the 1979 set has a clear plastic ring around the SBA, using up old holders designed for Ike dollars, and the Treasury medal in the 1982 sets filling the hole in leftover holders designed for SBA dollars. You either use them or it's just money going to waste.
The 1971's came out relatively late in the year. At that time mint and proof sets were ordered very early in the year, so no 1971's in the mint sets. The 1972's are a little harder to explain. This is just a theory on my part but with the Ikes running so late in 1971 they may not have been sure they were going to be out yet by early 1972 when they negotiated the packaging contract for the the 72 sets. If they didn't include it in the contract, and then the coin was issued in 71 so there would be 72 dollars it was too late to change the contract. By the time the 1973 contract was negotiated they knew there would be 1973 dollars. in the case of the proof sets, same reason for the 1971's, and in 72 they were using up the stockpile of holders which didn't have a hole for the dollar. Same reason why the 1979 set has a clear plastic ring around the SBA, using up old holders designed for Ike dollars, and the Treasury medal in the 1982 sets filling the hole in leftover holders designed for SBA dollars. You either use them or it's just money going to waste.
