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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cladking, post: 194722, member: 68&quot;]There&#039;s a great thread on the subject over at the NGC forums.</p><p><br /></p><p>The mint made souvenir sets beginning in 1971 or&#039;72.&nbsp; These were sealed packages of 1c to 50c of each coin struck withe a large mint medallion.&nbsp; They were sold in the gift shops that were often only accessable after going on the mint tour but this was not always the case.&nbsp; The &#039;82 and &#039;83 sets were actually available by mail but this was very poorly known so sales were exceedingly weak.&nbsp; There were 400 of the &#039;72 P &amp; D sets reportedly made but other mintages are very elusive and perhaps questrionable. There were reported to be 10,000 of the &#039;82-P, 15,000 &#039;83-P, and 20,000 of each of the Denver issues.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Quality of the souvenir sets is not up to the regular sets and these four are especially poor.&nbsp; The &#039;82-P quarter rarely comes even choice in these sets though there are reports of some gems.&nbsp; Really all these are tough in gem.&nbsp; Coincidentally there are no varieties in any of the regular souvenir sets.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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