United States Mint To Release Annual Proof Coin Set On March 6

US Mint - The 2018 United States Mint Proof Set (product code 18RG) will be available for purchase beginning on March 6 at noon Eastern Time (ET).



Priced at $27.95, this year's set includes the following coins from the San Francisco Mint:

Five America the Beautiful Quarters® Program coins honoring Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore (Michigan); Apostle Islands National Lakeshore (Wisconsin); Voyageurs National Park (Minnesota); Cumberland Island National Seashore (Georgia); and Block Island National Wildlife Refuge (Rhode Island).

One Native American $1 Coin with a reverse design featuring a likeness of Jim Thorpe, while the foreground highlights his achievements in football and as an Olympian. Inscriptions include "JIM THORPE," "WA-THO-HUK" (which is Thorpe's native name), "UNITED STATES OF AMERICA," and "$1." The obverse design of the Native American $1 Coin continues to feature the central figure "Sacagawea" carrying her infant son, Jean Baptiste. Inscriptions are "LIBERTY" and "IN GOD WE TRUST," while the year, mint mark, and "E PLURIBUS UNUM" are incused on the coin's edge.

One Kennedy half dollar

One Roosevelt dime

One Jefferson nickel and

One Lincoln Penny.

The coins are sealed in two protective lenses to accentuate and maintain their exceptional quality. The lenses are packaged in a decorative carton that features an image of the Washington Monument at sunrise on the front. The back of the carton displays images of each America the Beautiful Quarters national site honored in 2018 (along with the year in which it was first established as a national site, its name, and the host jurisdiction), and the partial obverses of the remaining coins. A Certificate of Authenticity accompanies each set.