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Message:: [QUOTE="walmann, post: 849957, member: 24435"]You are referring to the 2003 (released Jan 2004) Legacies of Freedom set offered by the US Mint. The UK counterpart was issued two years earlier under the name of Ladies of Liberty. This is why the US set included a 2002 Britiannia, the US Mint was somewhat lagging in releasing its version. There were some other earlier joint sets but all were solely released in the UK, the 1997 Symbols of Freedom set, the 1998 Ladies of Freedom set, curious as to why there was no US versions. I would not use the term big deal regarding these US proof sets, but then again it is merely a hobby so what is truly a big deal. But seeing this brings to mind if we will see the US Mint offering any UK products. With many collectors feeling overwhelmed by so many US offerings I wonder what, if any, impact such additional offerings may have. The offering price by the Royal Mint is 140% above the US Mint offering and the 2003 Legacies of Freedom set at $50 release price did not reach this much of a mark up as well as the consideration there was almost a two year gap between release dates of these sister sets. Also silver was around $4.50 an oz for most of 2002, by late Dec 2003 silver was over $6.00 oz , which accounts for some price difference as well.[/QUOTE]