1972 Mint set question
Tunis
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Bought 2 Uncirculated 1972 Mint sets from my LCS. The Denver set has the Bureau of the Mint plastic coin in it but the Philadelphia set, has a 1972-S cent added. Was this the only year they did this, or was it a standard practice? Thanks in advance.
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I believe they stopped doing this in 1974, I could be wrong.
That is the correct configuration. SF minted cents for circulation from 1968-1974.
Compare to the 1971 Mint Set, which also has an S-mint nickel. They dropped that in 1972, so they added one plastic disc to keep from having an empty space that people would bombard them with questions about.
I think you meant 70 and 71 rather than 71 and 72.
You're right. That's what I get for posting before I have finished my first cup of coffee.
Anyways, with the S-mint Cent they had an odd number of coins to package, and if they had wanted to use the same crimping machine dies for both panels they had to fill one hole with a plastic disc.