Category: Mint Sets

1987 Mint Set

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U.S. Mint Uncirculated Coin Set The 1987 Mint Set (Buy on eBay) experienced a surge in collector interest following lackluster sales of the past three years. Total sales reached 2,890,758, more than doubling the prior year sales. In fact, it was more than the combined Mint Set sales for 1985 and 1986 The increased level […]

1986 Mint Set

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U.S. Mint Uncirculated Coin Set In contrast to some of the other surrounding sets, the 1986 Mint Set (Buy on eBay) is generally sold at a premium to the original issue price. This is attributable to the dramatic reduction in sales experienced for the set, which translated into a lower total mintage for the set. […]

1985 Mint Set

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U.S. Mint Uncirculated Coin Set The 1985 Mint Set (Buy on eBay) represented second year of the relaunched product. Collectors were still not warming up to the annual offering following its absence in 1982 and 1983. Total sales registered at 1,710,571, which was a slight decline from the prior year, but a significant decline from […]

1984 Mint Set

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U.S. Mint Uncirculated Coin Set The 1984 Mint Set (Buy on eBay) reintroduced the product for collectors, following the absence of the sets in 1982 and 1983. Starting this year, the outer envelopes would feature colorful illustrations or images that would change each year of offering. This was a change from the plain white envelopes […]

1981 Mint Set

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U.S. Mint Uncirculated Coin Set The 1981 Mint Set (Buy on eBay) has been viewed as a key issue since its initial release. The set contains three coins, which were not issued for circulation, but only struck for inclusion within the sets. Similar situations would occur on a few other occasions and each of these […]