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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;mikenoodle, post: 452969, member: 307&quot;]In 1994, the Mint offered a Jefferson Coin and Currency set. It consisted of a Jefferson Commenorative Dollar, a $2 bill, and a 1994 -P Matte finish nickel. When they offered these sets, no mention was made of the matte finish on the nickel, but as collectors started to recieve them, it was notred and the entire 167,000 mintage quickly sold out.</p><p><br /></p><p>In 1997, The Mint offered a Botanic Garden Coin and Currency Set. This set included a Botanic Garden Commemorative Dollar, a $1 bill, and a 1997-P Matte finish nickel. These sets were basically publicized that they would contain a 97-P Matte nickel, and would be limited to a mintage of just 25,000. These sets were sold out within hours, and have always commanded a premium around the $200 mark.</p><p><br /></p><p>This set triggered many of the household limit policies used by the US Mint in the late 90s to try to allow as many people to order them as possible. A limit of 5 per mailing address was placed on the Botanic Garden set and this &quot;share the wealth&quot; program dealt the Mint their first failure in this regard. Barely more than 5000 actual orders were filled for these 25,000 total sets.</p><p><br /></p><p>Interesting to note that this is what influenced the price of the 1999 silver proof set. After this failure of spreading the coins around, the US Mint decided that for the 1999 Silver Proof Sets, that they would again limit purchases and limited them to no more than 2 sets per household and no bulk dealer sales. Consequently, the overwhelming majority of these sets wound up in the hands of collectors and not dealers and IMO, more interestingly, showed what happens when dealers can&#039;t get enough of a particular Mint issue. They had to pay a premium to buy regular people&#039;s extra sets. Most people quickly became aware of the fact that they were scarce, and held them, which in turn, drove up the price on the secondary market.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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