Silver Coin Sets

what year did the U.S. mint start minting silver proof coin sets?

Nov 10, 2007 by Tony R | Posted in Hobbies & Crafts

Well in 1983 the mint issued the first Prestige proof set. It had the regular proof coins plus a silver Olympic dollar. Those sets were minted up to 1997.Silver proof sets were produced from 1992 through 2007 so far. The also produced a silver Premier

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2012 Year of the Dragon Silver Coin Set Features 10 Coins

19.05.12

Silver Lunar Coins are not a new concept for the Perth Mint of Australia. The minting facility began producing the Lunar Series I in 1999 with Lunar Series II coins making their debut in 2008. Since their inaugural release, they have proven to be extremely popular with collectors who seek them out for their 99.9% fine silver compositions and unique designs.

The latest 2012 design first appeared on Perth Mint releases back in October when the 2012 Year of the Dragon Gold and Silver Bullion Coins were first issued. These bullion coins were struck in seven different sizes ranging from 1/20 ounce all the way to 10 kilo. A  high relief coin  with the same design was released in March and sold out in less than a day. The design depicts the dragon along with a representation of a pearl of wisdom. Underneath the creature, an inscription of "Year of the Dragon" is found while to the right of the design the Perth Mint’s historic ‘P’ mintmark is seen. Also shown in the image is the Chinese character for dragon.

Source: CoinNews.net

All of the framed collections are original and in good shape (no major damage). Some of the coins (wartime coinage in particular) are extremely worn and polished smooth, so they do not have any numismatic value. On the other hand, a couple of the Morgan dollars are lookin' pretty good (not MS, tho). All of the dates are common, of course, and I would be very surprised if any of them have the rarer mint marks for the dates. (I can't see the reverses.) The 20th Century Coins collection has the most...

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