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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 con ...
coins, released by a mint. 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 coins.
The Royal Mint
The Royal Mint is the United Kingdom's oldest company and the official maker of British coins.
Operating under the legal name The Royal Mint Limited, it is a limited company that is wholly owned by His Majesty's Treasury and is under an exclus ...
, Royal Australian Mint, Royal Canadian Mint, United States Mint and others mints all release sets of proof and uncirculated coins each year.
Sometimes the coins for annual sets are struck in a special way. For example, the Danmarks Nationalbank 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 of cardboard folders which often led to toning, due to the sulphur
Sulfur (or sulphur in British English) is a chemical element with the symbol S and atomic number 16. It is abundant, multivalent and nonmetallic. Under normal conditions, sulfur atoms form cyclic octatomic molecules with a chemical formula ...
content of the card.
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 ...
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