Modern Proof Set - Simple Joys

I am not a collector of modern proof sets but a few years back, Santa thought my boy may need one from his birth year…. I had forgotten about the set. Yesterday the boy was room cleaning and brought the set to me to store in the safe….. Pulled out the set and just marveled at the perfectly struck pieces and it just reminded me how enjoyable it is to marvel at a proof coin that is eight or eighty years old. A proof coin is just lovely…… Post yours.

 

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2002 PF SET

 

Proof Ikes. WOW...talk about an overlooked collector quality series. IMHO most Ike Dollars appear as huge-chunk "utilitarian" metal rounds. I was just online perusing these along with, at the complete opposite end of the spectrum..low grade (including lowball) "Early" Dollars. Talk about realizng the "best" quality one can afford

 

And so cheap to buy. You can get sets that are over 50 years old for less than $10.

But not the 1956. The silver coins in it melt for more than double that, the mintage was 669,384. Dwight Eisenhower was re-elected President that year. The Grey Sheet bid is $55.

 

I don't know where to start. Too many proof coins and sets. I will look through them since the subject has been posted. Here is what I am dealing with. Not buying anymore.

 

Wow!!

 

That's why the current sets are not a good investment. In most cases they sell for less than issue price. And, I am buying no more.

 

I now buy one silver Proof set a year to keep up the string. It's a quick way to keep up with an annual date set. The trouble is the mint is charging too much for them. The kept the price the same this year, but the set has fewer silver coins in it.

 

I had a 2021 LE set but sent it back. The Lincoln in this regular 2021 set is already hazing. I probably will not be buying proof sets after this year any more. I may go back and complete the ATB series. The 2009 set was the greatest IMO. Quality wise, the older sets are holding up well. Only one quarter developed some white streak marks.

 

I am working on my Eisenhower and Kennedy Half Dansco albums that include proofs. I've been buying proof sets and breaking out the Ikes and the Kennedy's as it appears it is cheaper to buy the proof sets and set those coins free than it is to buy the individual coins. I don't collect the other proof coins so I just add them to the change jar and when they hit the bank someone might be happy to find a proof quarter or dime in a roll. Buying the silver proof sets is a slightly different issue but I break the halves out, put the silver dimes and quarters in flips and the rest of the coins go into the change jar.

 

There certainly is something cool about looking at a proof coin. I stopped buying the sets from the US Mint (for the same reasons as already mentioned by others) and sold a few that were above issue price but the rest I kept. It's still fun to marvel over the ones I have when pulling a set out to look at.

 

Our second granddaughter was born in 2013. I purchased the silver birthday set from the mint. Like yours it's gorgeous. Enjoyed your post and all the other sets some have posted, thank you.

 

I've got one, but it's kind of old. If it's in a case like this, it's not directly from the U.S. Mint, am I right? But it's still nice.

 

No, the Capital Plastics holder is not from the mint. The whole thing with the sticker and box look like something from 50 years ago. The 1956 set I posted earlier is in the mint package.

 

Amazing! What's in the box with Reagan on it? (Me being nosey.)

 

On your envelope, what does the P.C. after 1956 mean?

 

I bought this one for my "other" proof set.