Ten coins are included as part of the newest product released today at noon ET by the United States Mint, the 2023 Silver Proof Set. Seven of these coins are struck in 99.9% pure silver.
This annually issued set is consistently popular among collectors, generating hundreds of thousands in sales. When the 2022-dated set launched, collectors snapped up 173,861 of them in the first four days. This year’s set does have a higher price barrier, at $130, compared to last year’s set which was initially sold for $105, but has since increased to $130.
The coins within the set are produced at the U.S. Mint’s facility in San Francisco and showcase a proof quality finish, distinguished for its frosted foregrounds and mirror-like backgrounds. Additionally, these coins undergo multiple strikes to ensure an elevated level of detail.
2023 Silver Proof Set Contents
A total of ten coins are featured in the 2023 Silver Proof Set. These include:
- 2023-S Maria Tallchief Native American $1 Coin
- 2023-S Silver Kennedy Half Dollar
- 2023-S Silver Bessie Coleman Quarter
- 2023-S Silver Edith Kanakaʻole Quarter
- 2023-S Silver Eleanor Roosevelt Quarter
- 2023-S Silver Jovita Idar Quarter
- 2023-S Silver Maria Tallchief Quarter
- 2023-S Silver Roosevelt Dime
- 2023-S Jefferson Nickel
- 2023-S Lincoln Cent
Among the strikes, six of them feature designs that are exclusive to this year’s coins — the Maria Tallchief Native American $1 Coin and the five quarters. These quarter dollars mark the second year of the U.S. Mint’s American Women Quarters™ Program.
Regarding the seven .999 fine silver coins, they encompass the quarters, the Kennedy half-dollar, and the Roosevelt dime. Their collective silver weight amounts to 1.473 troy ounces. The remaining three coins maintain their standard base metal compositions.
The five quarter dollars are presented in a single protective lens, while the remaining five coins are offered in a second lens. Both sets of coins are shipped together in a single protective cardboard sleeve.
Silver Proof Set Popularity
As a reference, the sales of some previous silver proof sets are provided below, based on the latest unaudited U.S. Mint sales figures through Aug. 13:
- 2022 Silver Proof Set – 244,034*
- 2021 Silver Proof Set – 300,767*
- 2020 Silver Proof Set – 313,183
- 2019 Silver Proof Set – 412,708
- 2018 Silver Proof Set – 332,274
*The sets from 2021 and 2022 are still available, with recent weekly gains of 81 and 175, respectively.
Ordering
2023 Silver Proof Sets are available directly from the U.S. Mint via its online page dedicated to proof sets, located here.
While no mintage or household limit has been set, there is a product cap of 260,040 sets.
Damn, I’m glad there is no household order limit at $130 each! And you get almost 1.5 ounces of silver…but wait, there’s more, because you get 3 base metal coins as an added bonus. The Mint’s largesse never ends…
Sales have obviously dropped off since the price increase from $105 last year to $130 this year.
NumisdudeTX
Major D,
Amen! The Mint would sell a lot of that kind of set if they could get authorization to do it.
NumisdudeTX
It went up in price because it contains a cent that identifies as a penny. Representing less than 1% of the population. Also, wouldn’t a cherry box be more appropriate for Washington quarters.
I bet the waiting room was packed
My precious
HURRY !!!! HURRY!!! Before “IRON” Mike Mezack gets them all !!! $130 What a “DEAL”!!!! LOL!!! KEEP RUNNING “FORREST” !!!>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
I am SAM!!! Oh I AM RUNNING!!!!>>>>>>><<<<<>>>>>>>
Kaiser,
You just reminded me it’s High Tea Tuesday today at my house…all you coin collector ladies are welcome…a spot of Earl Grey tea & biscuits and lots of gossip…oh my! Lol.
NumisdudeTX
I sure hope that emblem on that fancied box is also made out of silver. Surely it must be for the price tag of $130!
Major D,
Let’s do it! And then we could charge coin dealers $260 per set & then fly to Fiji for an extended vacation…
NumisdudeTX
Screw that, fly to fiji and have them make the set like the mint should have
D & C,
I’m all for competition in the coin marketplace. Bring it on Fiji Mint! Lol.
NumisdudeTX
Send us Samoa.
We’re going into overtime, as we’re tieland.
Put on your shoes or you might krakatoa on the furniture.
Easter island is risen, only 8 months til his b day.
I like magic, the Aleutians are mind bending.
Buckaroo bonsai tree.
The Filidelphiapino mint.
Mint a roni, the San Francisco treat.
Well thanks to the fear mongers we’re all gonna have to wear n95 masks or die. Hard to hit the pipe with a mask on. But more curiously, how are able to do it with your head so far up you own a55
Based on this thread alone Dazed and Coinfused, I cannot fault your response here. But after immersing myself in all that is Dazed and Coinfused over the past 2 days, I cannot be sure you did not instigate it on some earlier thread I did not read either. I cannot say I have ever noticed Major D just start to insult people out of the blue without some kind of prior provocation, but I have seen you pull insults out of nowhere before. Many times in just the past few days, actually. Can you both just lay off the insults… Read more »
Alright Major D, I am not sure exactly where this started from (but I noticed today Dazed and Coinfused has been continuing it all by himself elsewhere, which I responded to), but even assuming you didn’t just decide to start insulting Dazed and Coinfused out of the blue here, can you keep it to the moment? His comment seems mild to me. An insult for an insult, remember. Nobody ever seems able to end conflict unless everyone is even. It looks to me like you instigated this round, Major D. Did you take offense at his comment directly above? It… Read more »
You forgot John Q anon Adams
Mostly silver set. If they can make clad quarters in silver, the others should be too. But still even 3 oz of silver put the markup at crazy levels. I will be skipping this. Although probably the only way to get a pf70 S quarter.
Kaiser,
I had $14.2 million in my pocket, but had to spend $30 Million for one of those exclusive ‘La Rose Noire Droptail’ Rolls Royce. They’re only making 4 of them and, since it is based on a yacht design, it’ll be a collectable as well! Either the rich are getting absurdly rich or the dollar is becoming a peso. Or is it both?
Put my cremated remains in a beanie baby or funko pop case and certify through ngc limited edition 1 of 1 from the fiji mint. Sealed with silver colored lead. Entombed in a genuine red oak box. But only if 5 flex pay and free shipping plus 15% off my first order.
I have the subscription for 1 set…. its the hobby. I stopped getting clad sets 3 years ago. This is prob my last year with the hobby (after 50 years) and everything else but the Morgan and Peace…. that may be iffy too tho.
It is still sad. I remember seeing his name for at least a few years now, unless I am totally misremembering. He probably was active here long before I even started looking at this site. He did not comment often if I recall, but did every once in a while. I started buying the Silver Proof Set in 2009, I think. Possibly 2010 at the start of the ATB quarters. I never was interested in the clad set.
Domenic–Hope you keep on commenting occasionally. Take care.
Always glad to see your posts too, Kaiser Wilhelm.
Everyone that gets this set has a good reason to do so. I have no reason to get this.
What would the good reason be?
There are too many reasons to list. For that person who chooses it is probably a special event for a gift. Perhaps to continue a collection. None in my calendar this year.
I go by the Mayan calendar. Since the universe collapsed in 2012 my calendar stays open
Can you get a single proof Kennedy Half anywhere else?
But the stripper at the club takes it as payment for her college degree. You can write it off on taxes. That’s a good ain’t it?
I lost interest in the Silver Proof Set years ago.
anybody elses silver proof set still stuck in processing? it was a subscription.
I got my email saying it was shipped on 8/22, Domenic. I have a subscription too. If you haven’t called the Mint about it yet, I think you should.
I got my set today.