May 12, 2006, Newsletter Issue #17: Proof Mint=Improvement

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Certain words just go together, like ice cream and cake, bread and butter, pasta and pizza. Are you hungry yet? Chew on this: You may have heard "proof mint" and thought of "improvement." After all, it would be great to have a US Mint set with coin proofs, or a proof mint set. How about a home proof Mint set? Sorry to disappoint you, especially when your stomach's growling, but US mint sets don't contain specially struck proof coins. Mint proof coin sets are issued by the US mint, but they contain proof coins and not regular coins. They're usually not complete sets of every coin issued in a given year. Awww. At this point you probably want to eat several US Mint sets. Here, have a pepperoni pizza instead. Uncirculated Mint sets such as the 1965 Special Mint Coin Set and the 1970 Small Date Coin Set are collector's items. Also, in 1965, 1966 and 1967, the Special Mint Coin Sets took the place of regular proof sets. The coins in these mint proof coin sets or proof mint sets are proof-like in appearance. Now that's an improvement. See, you can have your ice cream and cake and eat it too. Just don't consume the proof mint set while you're snacking.

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