My LCS reduced the price of my birth year proof set (1956) by $15. I didn't have one so the time was right. The half dollar looks like it might need a dip.
I've got one! Special thanks to my friend @Beardigger for thinking of me, on this, and quite a few other things. Each coin is striking. But check that young fella out.
Funny…… but I never got around to getting myself a birth year proof set. I did however get a hard to find D mint mark set (well circulated) that was thrown into the deal when I bought some junk silver a few years ago. Maybe next week I’ll look for a proof set for myself. Loving all these nice Proof Sets showing up here!
I bought the individual proof coins for my birthyear... https://www.ngccoin.com/registry/competitive-sets/8757/
Doug @GDJMSP tried to get a proof set for his birth year, But the ancient Saxons didn't make any that year.
Come on Treashunt, Doug's younger than that, I think, I believe, perhaps. Oh darn, I don't know. He looks younger anyway!
I think they used pretty stones and gems before coins. If you're too old for coins then show us your birth stones or gems. Cleaned or not.
OK...1945 didn't have a proof set, but I assembled a nice set of coins as a "year" set. Then an incredibly generous Secret Santa here on CT gifted me one...here they are with my lousy photography: