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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;19Lyds, post: 2030745, member: 15929&quot;]It is important for new folks to understand a couple of basic things regarding US Mint Products.</p><p><br /></p><p>1. <u><b>Proof Sets</b></u> are made up of coins that are produced using a different manufacturing process than regular circulating coinage. (Highly Polished Blanks, Highly Polished Dies, Minimum of 2 strikes per coin, on a hand fed press). Proof Sets contain 1 example of each coin &quot;denomination&quot; made during the production year.</p><p><br /></p><p>2. <u><b>Mint Sets</b></u> are made up of coins from the same manufacturing process that creates coins intended for circulation. (Cleaned Blanks, freshly created dies, single strike per coin on a high speed, machine fed, coining press). Mint sets contain an example of each coin produced for circulation during the production year. Typically one of each &quot;denomination&quot; from Philadelphia (P mintmark except for the Lincoln cent) and one of each denomination from Denver (D mintmark). On &quot;one&quot; occasion, the US Mint threw an oddball coin into a US Mint Set which was the 1996-W Roosevelt Dime in 1996 to commemorate 50 years of Roosevelt Dimes.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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