A hot ticket product from the United States Mint debuts today with the release of the 2017-S Enhanced Uncirculated Coin Set. This limited-edition collection holds 10 unique coins from the San Francisco Mint. Each has an ‘S’ mintmark.
The product celebrates the 225th anniversary of the U.S. Mint and launches at noon ET for $29.95. No more than 225,000 will be sold and there are no household order limits.
A breakdown of the included coins is as follows:
- 2017-S Effigy Mounds National Monument Quarter (Iowa)
- 2017-S Frederick Douglass National Historic Site Quarter (Washington, DC)
- 2017-S Ozark National Scenic Riverways Quarter (Missouri)
- 2017-S Ellis Island (Statue of Liberty National Monument) Quarter (New Jersey)
- 2017-S George Rogers Clark National Historical Park Quarter (Indiana)
- 2017-S Native American $1 Coin
- 2017-S Kennedy half-dollar
- 2017-S Roosevelt dime
- 2017-S Jefferson nickel
- 2017-S Lincoln cent
Each is composed from the same base metals that are used in making their standard circulating, collector uncirculated, and collector proof counterparts. However, their appearances stand apart from other clad coinage as the dies used in striking them are specially manufactured.
As described by the Mint, the coins’ finishes are created "using a combination of laser frosted areas and an unpolished field that accentuates design details, creating a unique contrast distinctly different from the mirror-like finish of proof coins."
Some recent U.S. Mint coins in enhanced uncirculated include the 2015- and 2016-dated Native American $1 coins. (See photos of the 2015 dollar and photos of the 2016 dollar.)
Ordering
The 2017-S Enhanced Uncirculated Coin Set may be ordered directly from the United States Mint by following this link its product page. Orders are also accepted by calling 1-800-USA-MINT (872-6468).
These sets will also be available at the Philadelphia and Denver Mint sales centers, the U.S. Mint’s headquarters in D.C. and at the Mint’s booth of the World’s Fair of Money in Denver.
I think its funny people say the mint must have cancelled someones big order. If you read you will see the mint did not release all 225K the 1st day. Only part was for sale then the balance today. Funny how people think they know so much!
Maybe the mint has got smarter? If so, they are geniuses on this one, if this is how they planed out the allotment of the 225th Anniversary Enhanced Uncirculated Coin Set! I wasn’t able to get this set in the first few hours. I read this coin set is not available and I called and asked what does this mean. I was told to add my name to the email list if they come available again. So, I did, and meanwhile I looked on EBay people had 100 to 1000 sets available for $50 or more dollars. This morning I… Read more »
Tom – You are right. These sets never sold out officially, they simply went to “currently unavailable” status. One reason is that the Mint had thousands of sets at their Mint sales booth at the largest coin show in the world starting on August 1 in Denver – the ANA coin show & convention. They also had sets available on August 1 at the Denver Mint Gift Shop, the Philadelphia Mint Gift Shop, & the U.S. Mint headquarters building lobby sales center in Washington DC. All those sets were not put in their computer ordering system since they were not… Read more »
Thanks for the valuable input Randy …
However, when Coin World senior editor Paul Gilkes, in attendance at the American Numismatic Association World’s Fair of Money in Denver, spoke to Mint staff there, he was told that order cancellations made the sets available again, with one order by a dealer for 20,000 sets among those that were canceled
What is the expression?
Funny how people think they know so much!
I ordered a pair of them.
Mike “Sold Out, Limited Edition” Mezack is hawking these on HSN in EU70 from ANACS for $349.99.
I received my sets yesterday (Friday, Aug. 4th).
The prices are dropping like crazy on Ebay.
MCM sold a bunch of these for $99.00 each.
Christopher Williams – I was also watching the Numismatic Devil Mike Mezack last nite on HSN tv shopping show live during primetime for 2 hours & he said these sets sold out totally from the Mint (a boldface lie as they only went to ‘currently unavailable” status for 1 day & sales then resumed & they are still available from the Mint at issue price of $29.95 right now!). Did you notice he had almost 1000 sets all graded ANACS 70!? He didn’t even offer a 69 graded set. He has that “special relationship” with ANACS as he often says.… Read more »
Seth-
I don’t know how he (Mike “Sold Out, Limited Edition” Mezack) gets away with it.
Yep, 1,000 EU70 graded sets, but no EU69 graded sets.
I ended up with 4 sets – the two eBay and two from the mint, when they became available, again. So, if you factor in the shipping, I ended up paying about $44 per each set – I guess I should’ve waited to see about cancellations, but I got burned, in the past, doing this during the Gold Mercury Dime release and the some of the Coin & Chronicles sets, so I thought I’d better jump in on eBay right away. I’ll probably end up keeping two or three sets, myself, and giving the other one or two as a… Read more »
Bill K – you know, your right about the 1 item presale on low mintage US Mint products, for steady long term customers. Congrats on your proof & mint state with all the variety’s, US Mint set’s from 1950 to now 2017.
Seth-
As of today, August 28, 2017, the sets are still available.