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Jays-Dad Pillar of the Community United States 790 Posts	Posted 01/08/2010 3:00 pm I bought and received the following item. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...t_633wt_1165 According to my Krause, Austria did not produce mint sets until 1992. I thought I was bidding on a proof set that was mislabeled as a mint set. Now that I have it in my hands, it really doesn't look like a proof set. What do I have here? Is it a nongovernment created set? Report this Post to the Staff

snowman Pillar of the Community United States 1840 Posts	Posted 01/08/2010 3:34 pm A while back I bought an old coin collection. It had what I thought was a '64 proof set in 2x2's, but I wasn't positive. When I started to catalog the coins, I noticed that there were no circulated 2 Groschen minted in '64 only proof coins. My suspicion was verified. The proof coins from '64 are not impressive. The fields are mirrored in the larger coins, but not in the smaller 2 and 10 Groschen. The devices in the larger coins don't really demonstrate much cameo either. Incidentally, Krause lists only proof 2 Groschen as being minted in '70. Report this Post to the Staff
Jays-Dad Pillar of the Community United States 790 Posts	Posted 01/08/2010 6:42 pm I guess this might be a proof set. But the 1970 5 Groschen is also listed as only being a proof coin, but the copy I have is very dull. I know it is a zinc coin, but I've seen some really shiny zinc coins in BU from Denmark, wouldn't a proof zinc coin also be shiny? The set has a little more than an ounce of silver in it, so it can't be too bad of a buy no matter what. Report this Post to the Staff
snowman Pillar of the Community United States 1840 Posts	Posted 01/08/2010 8:07 pm Are the fields of the larger coins mirrored? Report this Post to the Staff
Jays-Dad Pillar of the Community United States 790 Posts	Posted 01/09/2010 11:37 am I think that some of the coins in the set might pass as proof, such as the 2 Groschen, the 10 Groschen, possibly the 50 Groschen, and maybe the 1 Schilling. The higher denominations do not look proof at all, nor does that 5 Groschen which must be proof according to Krause. The fields of the larger coins definitely do not appear mirrored. Report this Post to the Staff
willieboyd2 Pillar of the Community United States 525 Posts	Posted 01/09/2010 9:00 pm I bought two 1964 Austrian proof sets from the Vienna Mint by mail, along with some Maria Theresia talers. :) https://www.brianrxm.com The Mysterious Egyptian Magic Coin Coins in Movies Coins on Television Report this Post to the Staff
chrisild Pillar of the Community Germany 1238 Posts	Posted 01/10/2010 10:13 am The Austrian schilling mint sets were first issued in 1964 (but not many, I think) and were proof (PP) indeed. In 1968 they started making more, still proof only. Then, in the early 90s, the mint switched to a special unc condition (hgh). The euro sets (2002-today) have been issued in both BU/hgh and proof. See the overview here: http://www.austrian-mint.com/kursmuenzensatz?l=en May well be that they also made sets which included the commems of that year ... Christian Edited by chrisild 01/10/2010 10:14 am Report this Post to the Staff
Jays-Dad Pillar of the Community United States 790 Posts	Posted 01/11/2010 4:28 pm Anyone know what the 1970 Austrian proof set packaging looked like? Did it look like what I've got? I don't necessarily know if my thing is a mint product or an aftermarket product. Report this Post to the Staff
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