This has been bugging me a for a few days, and I haven't gotten a complete answer. I know that occassionally in both proof and uncirculated sets, there are extra places because a coin comes into the series or goes out (Eisenhowers, Anthonys, etc.) Occassionally these are filled with Mint Tokens. I know there is at least a P and D uncirculated the size of a penny, and one for the Philly Mint and the Denver mint that are uncirculated, copper and about the size of a quarter. What others are there and what mint sets are they in?
Howdy, Actually, they occasionally do use other tokens. One example was the multi-nickel set. However, these tokens are not worth anthing other than to serve a 'filler' in a prepackaged set. peace, rono
As Doug pointed out there are no others. The only year I can recall having a Mint token placed in the proof and uncirculated sets was 1982 and it was a filler for the SBA dollar, about the size of a quarter and very unpopular. 1981 was the last year of issue for the SBA dollars; however, the Mint had pre-ordered the lenses for the 1982 proof sets, which contained the space for the SBA dollar to go. Because they discontinued production the previous year, and to not lose money on the cost of those lenses, they made the filler Mint token to go in the space where the SBA would have been. As such, they also added the P&D token to the uncirculated sets. They're not really worth anything, accept to someone who actually collects tokens like these.
Just to clarify, there weren't actually any "official" uncirculated sets by the Mint in 1982 or 1983, instead there were "Souvenir" sets one had to purchase at each mint. The tokens used in those sets was a large almost dollar size token that has a picture of each mint building. Any other uncirculated sets you find in 1982 and 1983 were made by 3rd party dealers.
My uncirculated sets only go back to '61 but that set and the ones up to '72 have a plastic token in them. The '61 to '64 have a different design than the ones from '68 to '72. The SMS from '65 also had it's own unique plastic one.
thanks folks. so it looks like five total made of metal? plus the plastic ones in the early mint sets. i'll assume there is no penny size 's' token from san francisco?
Here's one I found: http://www.ebay.com/itm/1982-S-U-S-Mint-Proof-Set-6-pcs-w-Treasury-token-/160448162708
All of the Mint Sets from 1959 through 1972 had the plastic token in them. From '73 through '78 there was no token because there was an S cent. '79, '80 & '81 all had SBA so there was no token. From '84 through '99 all the Mint Sets had the metal token. Starting in 2000 there were no more tokens. And I haven't kept up past 2002.
perfect gdjmsp. i have the occassional proof and mint set, but no firm collection to look back on. i'm pretty sure there aren't any tokens in the sets of the last decade.
Well, if someone is into collecting these various tokens, even though it isn't a "set", don't forget about the dollar-size token that came with the Blue Ike. Chris
I actually collect mint and proof set tokens. edited I've got multiples of many of them. Most of them are foreign, of course.
The S Mint Lincolns began in 1968 when that facility resumed production of business strike Lincolns. The 1968, 1969 and 1970 mint sets had Philly and Denver Plastic tokens identifying the mint (Denver or Philly). No Philly Half was produced. The configuration changed in 1971 where only the Denver cello had the mint token which was non-specific as to mint of origin (Bureau of the Mint). Philly Half's began being produced again. 1973 and 1974 received the Eisenhower Dollars in addition to the S Mint Lincolns and neither had plastic Mint Tokens. 1974 was the last year for production of the Lincoln Cents at San Francisco so the mint sets were void of those coins as well as Mint Tokens. For the record, the US Mint cello which held the mint set business strikes could be configured in darn near any configuration.
