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Message:: [QUOTE="19Lyds, post: 763438, member: 15929"]The only exception with regard to the 1999 Silver Proofs sets is that a certain quantity were destroyed by the US Mint. The story goes that not all the 1999 nor 2000 Silver Proof Sets were sold, so the US Mint put them in storage.In 2001, they began offering 1999/2000 Silver Proof Set Combo's but when the coins shipped out, they were quickly returned due to severe damage that had occured during their storage. Once folks started complaining about the US Mint selling "off year" proof sets, the program was abandoned and the left over sets destroyed. The 1999 sets didn't really hit their full stride (price wise) until 2004-2006? Now, I don;t know if the 804,565 number are sets recorded as "sold" or the actual mintage numbers but there is always a certain "value" placed on "lowest mintages". The 1996 Silver Eagle is a very good example of that![/QUOTE]