Post Your Favorite US Proof Set [ if you own it or not] here & then enter my Give a Way # 7
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Post Your Favorite US Proof Set [ if you own it or not] here & then enter my Give a Way # 7 on the giveaway site
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boston
Here is my favorite 'proof set':
[I do not own it though]
16-Piece 1868 Aluminum Pattern U.S. Coinage Proof Set. The original velvet-lined purple morocco-plush velvet presentation case for the complete 16-piece 1868 aluminum pattern proof set, complete from Indian Head cent through Liberty Head double eagle
from the NNP - https://nnp.wustl.edu/library/ImageDetail/577405
Successful transactions with : MICHAELDIXON, Manorcourtman, Bochiman, bolivarshagnasty, AUandAG, onlyroosies, chumley, Weiss, jdimmick, BAJJERFAN, gene1978, TJM965, Smittys, GRANDAM, JTHawaii, mainejoe, softparade, derryb
Bad transactions with : nobody to date
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Was able to view and hold the King of Siam Set at Superior's "Father Flanagan's Boys Home Sale" in May 1990. The set is now in the incredible Tyrant Collection.
WOW, great Numismatic experience
Successful transactions with : MICHAELDIXON, Manorcourtman, Bochiman, bolivarshagnasty, AUandAG, onlyroosies, chumley, Weiss, jdimmick, BAJJERFAN, gene1978, TJM965, Smittys, GRANDAM, JTHawaii, mainejoe, softparade, derryb
Bad transactions with : nobody to date
It was incredible! My much younger hands were trembling.
This was so cool when it first came out. It was the first I can remember that had a rev proof!
10 years ago already!
“The thrill of the hunt never gets old”
PCGS Registry: Screaming Eagles
Copperindian
Retired sets: Soaring Eagles
Copperindian
Nickelodeon
Naturally, my favorite proof set is my birth year set. 1950 marked the resumption of production after proofs were suspended during the war years. Production was the lowest of any subsequent year.
1975 No S (Dime) Proof Set
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I have nice U.S. proof sets from 1936 - 1942. It’s tough to pick a favorite, but here’s a hotlink to my 1937 set, currently ranked #3:
https://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/u-s-coins/proof-sets/1937-proof-set/publishedset/116447
Steve
My collecting “Pride & Joy” is my PCGS Registry Dansco 7070 Set:
https://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/type-sets/design-type-sets/complete-dansco-7070-modified-type-set-1796-date/publishedset/213996
Coin Photographer.
These are my babies....now I just need to do the gold part!
There are 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who do not.
Beautiful pics
boston
Successful transactions with : MICHAELDIXON, Manorcourtman, Bochiman, bolivarshagnasty, AUandAG, onlyroosies, chumley, Weiss, jdimmick, BAJJERFAN, gene1978, TJM965, Smittys, GRANDAM, JTHawaii, mainejoe, softparade, derryb
Bad transactions with : nobody to date
I like the look of 1950 proof sets as it isn't fully brilliant that it seems fake like today's sets and isn't completely satiny. Just the right milky mix. But to the production figures, I wonder if by the end of this century a 21st century regular proof set will have 1950 beat as the lower mintage set.
@FlyingAl: great set! Your pics show it beautifully!
“The thrill of the hunt never gets old”
PCGS Registry: Screaming Eagles
Copperindian
Retired sets: Soaring Eagles
Copperindian
Nickelodeon
Great photos of an incredible set FlyingAl! Beautiful sets everyone.
Second lowest mintage of the series with only 590 proof sets struck at the Philadelphia Mint.
Can't beat this.
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Today I am partial to this toned 1941 proof set (bought raw a number of years ago and had it graded in 2021).
Not special from a $ point of view, but in 1972 Dad put this envelope in the branches of the Christmas tree.
If we were all the same, the world would be an incredibly boring place.
Tommy
I also like this toned birth year proof set (with a Type 1 and a Type 2 half dollar). The nickel looks much better in hand than it does in the low quality Trueview.
Type 1
Type 2
1955 PROOF SET IN BOX
Great coins posted above, thanks
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Successful transactions with : MICHAELDIXON, Manorcourtman, Bochiman, bolivarshagnasty, AUandAG, onlyroosies, chumley, Weiss, jdimmick, BAJJERFAN, gene1978, TJM965, Smittys, GRANDAM, JTHawaii, mainejoe, softparade, derryb
Bad transactions with : nobody to date
Really like the obverse of the Type 1 56 half.