USM mint set prices

raycyca

It's not just the metals that the mints jacking the prices up. I've been buying mint and proof sets since the 80's. For 2025 I bought 2 mint sets for about $65 shipped. I just looked and the mint has the mint sets from 21, 22 and 25 for $124.50 EACH now!!! Are they crazy? They're CLAD, not precious metals. What gives?
Since I'm a Kennedy collector, I've been stocking up on rolls. I've got every roll from 1964-1988, except for the 70-D which was never issued. I even have a 1964 roll that has $20 in halves, but that roll is date stamped for the first day of issue to the public from California. I have at least 3 rolls of each. It's nice that the mint issues the roll sets each year now. It's much easier to continue. But if they jack up the prices like everything else they have now, I'll only get one roll set per year from now on. I know 2026 will be different. Does anyone know for sure if they're going back to Kennedy in 2027? Thanks!

MsMorrisine

there's a thread or two on the us coin forum about this

we have no idea why a clad set is almost $125. it contains no more coins than the state & atb coin years

it is the opinion of many that the coins with design changes will be 1 years type coins, however the kennedy half reverse will be changed:

The Circulating Collectible Coin Redesign Act authorizes the redesign of the half dollar between 2027 and 2030 with images on the reverse "emblematic of a sport tailored to athletes with a range of disabilities, including physical impairment, vision impairment and intellectual impairment." Each half dollar would feature a single Paralympic sport after consultation with U.S. Paralympics, with one sport featured each year

Bochiman

I got burned out on the short term designs...rotating every few months/year.
I also got burned out on 50+ years with no change. They should do something, imo, every 20-25 years.