https://www.coinnews.net/2011/01/11/us-mint-2011-proof-set-released/ CoinNews delivers the latest World and US coin news Mon, 17 Jan 2011 15:43:23 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://www.coinnews.net/2011/01/11/us-mint-2011-proof-set-released/#comment-31819 Wed, 12 Jan 2011 20:32:28 +0000 http://www.coinnews.net/?p=10119#comment-31819 Jim, you are correct. The uncirculated Mint Set will be $31.95. The article has been updated. Thanks.

]]> https://www.coinnews.net/2011/01/11/us-mint-2011-proof-set-released/#comment-31818 Wed, 12 Jan 2011 20:08:01 +0000 http://www.coinnews.net/?p=10119#comment-31818 They give them to the goodwill

]]> https://www.coinnews.net/2011/01/11/us-mint-2011-proof-set-released/#comment-31817 Wed, 12 Jan 2011 15:49:50 +0000 http://www.coinnews.net/?p=10119#comment-31817 What actually does happen to the unsold product when they stop sales? Do they crack the cases by hand and melt them down?

]]> https://www.coinnews.net/2011/01/11/us-mint-2011-proof-set-released/#comment-31816 Wed, 12 Jan 2011 14:25:15 +0000 http://www.coinnews.net/?p=10119#comment-31816 I don’t know where the person who wrote this article got his info but the price for the uncirculated coin set will be $31.95 according to the subscription notice I got from the mint, not $49.95 as mentioned in the article. Historically the price for the unc set has never exceeded that for the proof set and only last year and this year have their prices been the same.

]]> https://www.coinnews.net/2011/01/11/us-mint-2011-proof-set-released/#comment-31809 Tue, 11 Jan 2011 21:01:56 +0000 http://www.coinnews.net/?p=10119#comment-31809 The mint’s gotta tone it down with the frosting they use on these proof sets. It’s overdone and so granular in appearance that it blurs out details in the design. Washington and Lincoln look like blurs on their respective coins. A subtler frosting would look much better and it would still contrast sharply with the mirrored fields.

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