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<p>[QUOTE="Conder101, post: 8171656, member: 66"]And the confusion you see in the descriptions is from the sellers not knowing what they are or what to call them. Unfortunately the unknowledgeable will sometimes use the terms Mint Set and Proof Set interchangeably. Then to add to the confusion there are proof sets that are just base metal coins, and there are proof sets of the same year that have silver coins in them. SO you can have proof sets and silver proof sets. Then some people will call pre-1965 proof sets "silver" proof sets because they have silver coins in them, but ALL pre 1965 proof sets have silver coins so their is no need to call them "silver".</p><p><br /></p><p>And then you add into the mix, in some later years there are Prestige Proof sets (These are clad coin sets with a proof silver commemorative dollar in them), and Premier Proof sets, which are silver proof sets in a special fancy clamshell case. And then there are Limited Edition Proof sets! Not to mention Reverse proof sets.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Conder101, post: 8171656, member: 66"]And the confusion you see in the descriptions is from the sellers not knowing what they are or what to call them. Unfortunately the unknowledgeable will sometimes use the terms Mint Set and Proof Set interchangeably. Then to add to the confusion there are proof sets that are just base metal coins, and there are proof sets of the same year that have silver coins in them. SO you can have proof sets and silver proof sets. Then some people will call pre-1965 proof sets "silver" proof sets because they have silver coins in them, but ALL pre 1965 proof sets have silver coins so their is no need to call them "silver". And then you add into the mix, in some later years there are Prestige Proof sets (These are clad coin sets with a proof silver commemorative dollar in them), and Premier Proof sets, which are silver proof sets in a special fancy clamshell case. And then there are Limited Edition Proof sets! Not to mention Reverse proof sets.[/QUOTE]
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