Having Fun Collecting Proof Sets

THE UNITED STATES MINT has been doing an impressive job for the past few decades doing much more than their basic job, meaning the production of circulating coins. They have also been pounding out numerous commemorative issues every year. As well, they have produced a wide variety of gold, silver, and other precious metal bullion coins. Not stopping there, they have also designed, produced, and marketed numerous medals on an annual basis. And woven into all that, the Mint has also produced proof sets.

Older collectors might make the claim that collecting proof sets is a part of the hobby that had its heyday sometime in the past, but based on the number of sets being sold each year in the past decade or so, and based on the different possibilities among such sets, we can make a strong claim that proof set collecting