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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Vess1, post: 831837, member: 13650&quot;]A mint set is just as the name implies.&nbsp; The mint puts together annual sets of the circulating coinage from that year into packaging and they sell them to the public.&nbsp; They are untouched by human hands and sealed in plastic.&nbsp;&nbsp; I think most of the older ones were put in that flimsy plastic.&nbsp; The newer ones come in hard plastic cases that are much nicer.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; The redbook lists the 64 proof set mintages at a total of 3,950,762.&nbsp;&nbsp; The issue price was $2.10 back in 1964.&nbsp; &nbsp; Current value lists that set at $15.00.&nbsp;&nbsp; That seems to be the range they&#039;re selling for on ebay.&nbsp; 10 to 16.00.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;<a href="http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?type=3&amp;campid=5335874456&amp;toolid=10001&amp;mpre=http%3A%2F%2Fcgi.ebay.com%2F1964-US-Mint-sealed-Proof-Set_W0QQitemZ180475338798QQcmdZViewItemQQptZCoins_US_Individual%3Fhash%3Ditem2a052b202e" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?type=3&amp;campid=5335874456&amp;toolid=10001&amp;mpre=http%3A%2F%2Fcgi.ebay.com%2F1964-US-Mint-sealed-Proof-Set_W0QQitemZ180475338798QQcmdZViewItemQQptZCoins_US_Individual%3Fhash%3Ditem2a052b202e" rel="nofollow">http://cgi.ebay.com/1964-US-Mint-sealed-Proof-Set_W0QQitemZ180475338798QQcmdZViewItemQQptZCoins_US_Individual?hash=item2a052b202e</a></p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Assuming that is a proof set.&nbsp; Do they have a highly polished, mirror finish?&nbsp;&nbsp; Or do they look satiny like new change you&#039;d get back at the store?&nbsp; &nbsp; The satin looking ones would be the uncirculated set.&nbsp; Just the name they use to describe regular business strike (change meant for commerce) coins.&nbsp; They put together a little over a million of those sets in 1964 and they&#039;re worth around 20-30.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; Easiest way to know is look for the mint mark on the penny under the date.&nbsp; No mm = a P set.&nbsp; Uncirculated.&nbsp;&nbsp; D= Uncirculated set.&nbsp;&nbsp; S= a proof set.&nbsp;&nbsp; Most proof coins over the years have been produced at the S.F. mint.&nbsp;&nbsp; HTHs.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; Edit:&nbsp; Ok.&nbsp; I can read Denver on the packaging now.&nbsp; So that is an uncirculated, a.k.a. mint state (MS) set.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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