What are mint sets?
Generally speaking, a mint set is an uncirculated collection of coins from a particular year & country packaged specially for the collector. It should include every denomination minted that year. If the coins were struck at more than one mint, the collection may include a complete set of coins from each mint, or the coins from each mint may be packaged separately. Unlike proof sets, these are “normal” or business issue coins, intended for circulation (when struck) and are not minted with any special handling or consideration for quality. Mint sets may be assembled and distributed by the issuing government or treasury, by dealers and other private companies, or by individuals. Official United States Mint Sets sold by the Treasury from 1947 to 1958 contained two specimens of each regular issue denomination and mint mark, called “double-mint” sets. Double-mint sets were packaged in cardboard holders. These cardboard holders did little to protect the coins from tarnishing (toning). Because
