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A coin set, or mint set, is a collection of uncirculated or
Coins distributed as sets, organized by countries
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A coin set, or mint set, is a collection of uncirculated or proof
Proof most often refers to:
* Proof (truth), argument or sufficient evidence for the truth of a proposition
* Alcohol proof, a measure of an alcoholic drink's strength
Proof may also refer to:
Mathematics and formal logic
* Formal proof, a co ...
coins, released by a mint
Mint or The Mint may refer to:
Plants
* Lamiaceae, the mint family
** ''Mentha'', the genus of plants commonly known as "mint"
Coins and collectibles
* Mint (facility), a facility for manufacturing coins
* Mint condition, a state of like-new ...
. Such sets are usually released annually and often called a year set. They include sets of all the circulating coins of that year, as well as sets of commemorative coin
A commemorative coin is a coin issued to commemorate some particular event or issue with a distinct design with reference to the occasion on which they were issued. Some coins of this category serve as collector's items only, while most commemora ...
s.
Mint sets
TheRoyal Mint
The Royal Mint is the United Kingdom's official maker of British coins. It is currently located in Llantrisant, Wales, where it moved in 1968.
Operating under the legal name The Royal Mint Limited, it is a limited company that is wholly ow ...
, Royal Australian Mint, Royal Canadian Mint
The Royal Canadian Mint () is the mint of Canada and a Crown corporation, operating under an act of parliament referred to as the ''Royal Canadian Mint Act''. The shares of the mint are held in trust for the Crown in right of Canada.
The mi ...
, United States Mint
The United States Mint is a bureau of the United States Department of the Treasury, Department of the Treasury responsible for producing coinage for the United States to conduct its trade and commerce, as well as controlling the movement of bull ...
and others mints all release sets of proof and uncirculated coins each year.
Occasionally the coins for annual mint sets are struck with special coin dies. For example, the Danmarks Nationalbank
Danmarks Nationalbank (in Danish often simply ''Nationalbanken'') is the central bank of the Danish Realm, Kingdom of Denmark. It is a non-eurozone member of the European System of Central Banks (ESCB). Since its establishment in 1818, the objecti ...
issues a coin set each year with coins that are "much more clearly embossed than the ordinary coins in circulation."
Early coin sets were issued in paper or cardboard folders which often led to toning, due to the sulphur
Sulfur (American spelling and the preferred IUPAC name) or sulphur (English in the Commonwealth of Nations, Commonwealth spelling) is a chemical element; it has Symbol (chemistry), symbol S and atomic number 16. It is abundance of the chemical ...
content of the card.
Coin collector sets
The Numismatic Guaranty Company allows coin collectors to build coin sets with graded coins. Collectors post images on their web site. Many collectors collect coins which fill a coin set. There are coins in each series or set which are known as key date coins. They are valued by collectors because they are needed to complete coin sets.See also
Coins distributed as sets, organized by countries
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United States Mint coin sets
The United States Mint has released annual collections of coins most years since 1936.
United States Mint 50 State Quarters Proof Set
With the launch of the 50 State Quarters Program in 1999, the Mint began marketing proof sets of just the five q ...
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