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Message:: [QUOTE="Clint, post: 1592316, member: 34620"]Here's one: http://www.coinworldonline.com/articles/mint-risks-killing-a-golden-goose-with-proof-/ "In a July 26 statement, Tom Jurkowsky, director of the U.S. Mint’s Office of Public Affairs, noted that, 'In retrospect, it may have been appropriate to announce our intentions to produce the Coin & Currency Set earlier in the year or perhaps simultaneously with the Two-Coin Set.' Indeed." Another: <a href="http://www.coinworld.com/articles/exclusive-proof-1-no-longer-exclusive-to-san-/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinworld.com/articles/exclusive-proof-1-no-longer-exclusive-to-san-/" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinworld.com/articles/exclusive-proof-1-no-longer-exclusive-to-san-/</a> "The Reverse Proof coin in the 2012 American Eagle San Francisco Two-Coin Silver set remains exclusive to that set, U.S. Mint officials said July 19, and will not be offered separately or in any other 2012 set.U.S. Mint officials confirmed July 19 that development of the 2012 Making American History Coin and Currency set was under way prior to the May 2 announcement of the two-coin set. The officials also apologized for the lack of communication that led Mint customers to believe the Proof 2012-S American Eagle silver dollar would be available only in the two-coin set."[/QUOTE]