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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Conder101, post: 844333, member: 66&quot;]If the mint sets you purchased only have five coins they either are not mint sets or you&#039;ve only been getting half of the set.&nbsp; Since 1959 the ONLY mint sets that only had five coins were the 1965 - 67 Special Mint Sets.</p><p><br /></p><p>Since 1959 the mint set has had one coin of each denomination from each mint that made them for circulation.</p><p>Exceptions to this are:</p><p>1970 had the D mint half which was not made for circulation</p><p>1971 and 1972 sets did not include the P or D Ike dollars.</p><p>1973 set had the P &amp; D Ike which was not made for circulation</p><p>1975 had the bicentennial quarters halves and dollars.</p><p>1979 did not have the 1979 S SBA</p><p>1981 had the P,D,and S SBA&#039;s not made for circ</p><p>1987 had the P &amp; D halves not made for circ</p><p>1996 included the 1996 W dime not made for circ</p><p>1999 did not include the P &amp; D dollars</p><p>2002 - 2008 included the P&amp;D halves and Sac dollars not made for circ.</p><p><br /></p><p>Before 1959 the mint sets are double sets and contain TWO coins of each denomination from each mint that produced them for circulation.</p><p><br /></p><p>PROOF sets only contain one coin of each denomination (Except the since 1999 when they have one of each of the state quarters and president dollars.&nbsp; The 1999 set also did not have the SBA dollar.) and they are ALL for just one mint.&nbsp; Before 1968 they were all struck in Philadelphia, and from 1968 on they have all been from San Francisco.&nbsp; So before 1999 they were ALL either five or six coin sets.&nbsp; You will never find a proof set with five P and five D coins in it.</p><p><br /></p><p>The problem with finding a cameo Franklin in a proof set is that cameo Franklins are popular and valuable so people have been searching the proof sets for them for at least the past forty years.&nbsp; The chance of finding one is to be lucky enough to be the first person to get a chance to examine a set that has been in a collection since the 1950&#039;s.&nbsp; And that isn&#039;t too likely since often the dealer that buys the set will check it before he puts it out for sale.&nbsp; The only other way is to find a dealer who does a major market in proof sets who doesn&#039;t have the time to go through them.&nbsp; Problem is these dealers are usually well known and they have multiple collectors or dealers waiting to go through their new purchases.</p><p><br /></p><p>And the proof sets back in the fifties were shipped out from the mint unsealed.&nbsp; If they were storied in a high humidity environment sometime they would seal themselves shut.&nbsp; But just because a set is open that does not mean that it is someone elses reject.&nbsp; The only ways to tell if a set has been picked over is if some of the coins are missing, or if the envelope sealed itself and some one has torn or cut it open.&nbsp; (Some people will steam open the sealed sets, cherry pick them and then reseal them.&nbsp; It is also possible to buy new envelopes on ebay to put your picked over sets into and the seal to sell as &quot;never opened&quot; for a premium price.&nbsp; In other words, NEVER pay a premium for a &quot;mint sealed&quot; or &quot;never opened&quot; set.)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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