I need a gift from a particular year to celebrate an anniversary or birthday — got anything?
Consider a year set, a mint set, or a proof set. Year sets are something we can custom design for any year. We can assemble one of each coin made in that year. They can be circulated or uncirculated depending on the amount you wish to pay; circulated coins are, of course, cheaper. We can do this for most years that the United States has existed. (First check the Mint and Proof set section before requesting a specific year.) Mint sets are made by the government and have one of each coin made from each mint in uncirculated condition. They are regular “business strikes” (just normal coins) that are packaged by the mint and sold to collectors. If we made pennies at two mints in that year, the mint set will have two pennies; one of each. If we made three dimes (P, D, and S), there will be one of each of them. The ones made since 1959 are very affordable – some years cost as little as $4.00! Proof sets are very different because the coins are not “business strikes”; they are specially prepar
