2011 Uncirculated Mint Set
After six years of utilizing a special satin finish for the product, the US Mint will revert to a brilliant finish for coins included in the 2011 Mint Set. A similar finish had been used for sets issued prior to 2005.
The change in finish will have some implications for collectors. The satin finish coins had often been collected separately from the business strikes, expanding the scope of collections. Each version of the coin was valued differently, had different levels of scarcity, and occurred in different typical grade ranges. With the change, collections will be simplified, provided that the brilliant finish is not differentiated from the regular business strikes.
The 2011 Mint Set will include a total of 28 different coins. This is down from the highest number of coins per set achieved in 2009, but on a historic basis, the level remains high. The expanded number of coins is due to the America the Beautiful Quarters Program and the Presidential Dollars.
Each set includes the following coins:
- 2011 P&D Lincoln Cents
- 2011 P&D Jefferson Nickels
- 2011 P&D Roosevelt Dimes
- 2011 P&D America the Beautiful Quarters (Gettysburg, Glacier, Olympic, Vicksburg, Chickasaw)
- 2011 P&D Kennedy Half Dollars
- 2011 P&D Presidential Dollars (Andrew Johnson, Ulysses S. Grant, Rutherford B. Hayes, James Garfield)
- 2011 P&D Native American Dollars
A release date for the 2011 Mint Set has been posted as February 8, 2011. Details on pricing have not yet been specified.
The design for the packaging will be changed starting this year. The United States Mint adopted a new brand identity and logo that consists of a golden colored coin flipping through the air against a black background. This style will be used for the 2011 Mint Set, with contain placed within a sealed plastic blister pack.
