“Decade’s Most Affordable” 5-Coin 1957 U.S. Proof Set
Far fewer U.S. proof sets were issued in the 1950s than in succeeding decades. One of the most affordable of these scarcities is the 1957 proof set, whose mintage was just 1.2 million. Later U.S. proof set production soared to as high as 4 million. Many of these sets were broken up to obtain individual Franklin silver half dollar proofs, which were only available as part of the 5-coin proof set. That has resulted in even fewer intact sets being available today. Yet the 1957 proof set is still attractively priced compared to some later sets with higher mintages. Issued exclusively by the principal Philadelphia Mint, the 1957 proof set contains finest-quality proofs of the cent, nickel, silver dime, silver quarter and silver half dollar for the date.
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“Half Century Key Scarcity” 5-Coin 1958 U.S. Proof Set
Just 875,652 U.S. proof sets were produced over 50 years ago in the year when the first U.S. satellite in space was launched. No regular U.S. proof set since can boast a smaller mintage. In fact, later U.S. proof set mintages soared to over five times that number. But that’s just part of the scarcity difference. Substantially fewer intact sets exist today, because a good number were broken up to obtain individual Franklin silver half dollars, which were issued only as part of the 5-coin proof set. The dime, quarter and half dollar proofs all boast 90% silver content. 1958 proved to be the final year of the original Lincoln cent “Wheat” reverse. You get an extra-special 29% savings now, while limited quantities remain in stock
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