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1978 Proof Set with All Coins having a filled "S"

COINB0YCOINB0Y Posts: 4,505
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I came across a 1978 Proof set with all 6 Coins having this type of Mint Mark.

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I know from 1979 on you could find them, but how about 1978?

Can I buy an Island or just a House on an Island with this find?

Thanks in advance!

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  • RampageRampage Posts: 9,512 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Can I buy an Island or just a House on an Island with this find? >>



    You might be able to buy dinner at Wendy's or somewhere similar.
  • RampageRampage Posts: 9,512 ✭✭✭✭✭
    In 1979, there was the type 1 (as you have shown on your 1978 example) and type 2, which was from 1979 to 1981 when the mintmark changed again.
  • COINB0YCOINB0Y Posts: 4,505
    I know!

    I can't find any record of a 1978 Proof Set with filled "S"s, so far.

    Far all I know, they were ALL made with filled "S"s !?

    I just don't know.

    NGC Article is the best I can find, right now
  • CarlWohlforthCarlWohlforth Posts: 11,074 ✭
    Hey, my set is like that too! Let's go buy an island in the Caribbean.
    Carl's Coins website w/ links to Carl's auctions
  • COINB0YCOINB0Y Posts: 4,505
    uh ohh....sounds like they all are like this?
  • MORGANHUNTER2MORGANHUNTER2 Posts: 4,473 ✭
    Wait just a minute- I have 5 of these sets!

    Are you saying that what I have is no longer a RARE find?
  • RampageRampage Posts: 9,512 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>I know!

    I can't find any record of a 1978 Proof Set with filled "S"s, so far.

    Far all I know, they were ALL made with filled "S"s !?

    I just don't know.

    NGC Article is the best I can find, right now >>



    What I was trying to tell you was that the mintmark you described for your 1978 set is as made from the Mint. Nothing special. No extra premium. I was also trying to help you understand the Mint's usage of the filled mintmarks from 1979 to 1981. I guess you missed that part. image Now, go get lunch at Wendy's.
  • CaptHenwayCaptHenway Posts: 32,694 ✭✭✭✭✭
    That was the mint mark punch they used for several years, including all of 1978. In 1979 it broke and they made a new one, thereby creating a variety in 1979.
    TD
    Numismatist. 50 year member ANA. Winner of four ANA Heath Literary Awards; three Wayte and Olga Raymond Literary Awards; Numismatist of the Year Award 2009, and Lifetime Achievement Award 2020. Winner numerous NLG Literary Awards.
  • COINB0YCOINB0Y Posts: 4,505
    Shows you I only have (1) 1978 Proof Set!

    Thanks for the answers, .....on my way to Wendy's for a large Frosty with Oreoles
  • tahoe98tahoe98 Posts: 11,388 ✭✭✭


    ....oops! i have some too!!image
    "government is not reason, it is not eloquence-it is a force! like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master; never for a moment should it be left to irresponsible action." George Washington
  • RockdogzRockdogz Posts: 145 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Shows you I only have (1) 1978 Proof Set!

    Thanks for the answers, .....on my way to Wendy's for a large Frosty with Oreoles >>



    They sell drinks with birds in them??

    Oh, wait that's an Oriole... image

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