do mint sets ever have varieties?

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could i, for example, find a '72 ddo lincoln in a mint set? wide AM lincolns? wide rim '79 SBA's? etc etc etc?

 

or do they mainly/only come in coins made for circulation?

[cpm9ball]

I don't think they used special dies for mint sets. The only coins that were produced from special dies were the proofs. It wasn't until the satin finish was introduced in 2005 for the mint sets that different dies were used.

 

Chris

[coinman1794]

A great number of 20th century variety coins (too many to list) have been found in Mint Sets.

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interesting

 

i've never seen a ddo still in an original mint set before... back to cherrypicking i go

[halfpint]

could i, for example, find a '72 ddo lincoln in a mint set? wide AM lincolns? wide rim '79 SBA's? etc etc etc?

 

or do they mainly/only come in coins made for circulation?

 

...you probably have a good chance of discovering something unusual as

 

you have described mainly because the inspectors, half the time, don't even

 

look at the coins!!!! said tongue in cheek.

[halfpint]

interesting

 

i've never seen a ddo still in an original mint set before... back to cherrypicking i go

 

...don't ignore the bank rolls. stuff is found in rolls too.

[DWLange]

The 1974-D half dollar with bold doubled-die obverse (FS-101) is a coin known to have been found in that year's set. It's a fairly common variety but one that is dramatic enough to be quite popular.

[shirohniichan]

I have a 1968 mint set with extra water lines on the dollar coin (Royal Canadian Mint Set).

[RWB]

do mint sets ever have varieties?[sic]

 

Mint sets are usually hybrids and only rarely have varieties or other offspring. However, occasionally, when they are turned just the right way in the holders and left alone for long periods, mint sets will breed. There progeny are usually only small change, mostly minors, and have no capacity to further propagate.

 

Hope this helps, or at least makes you smile.

 

[pendragon1998]

The 1999 SBA special mint set dollars have an unusual finish, almost chromed.

 

The 1999 SBA's were released both as regular circulation strikes and in Special Mint Sets (SMS) that contain a 1999-P and a 1999-D SBA. These SMS SBA's were double struck from dies that had a proof-like polish so most have a chrome-like finish that is unique in the series.

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[19Lyds]

could i, for example, find a '72 ddo lincoln in a mint set? wide AM lincolns? wide rim '79 SBA's? etc etc etc?

 

or do they mainly/only come in coins made for circulation?

Varieties? Yes

Popular and expensive varieties? No

 

About the only "popular" varieties I can think of are:

 

1959 Type B Reverse Washington

1970-S Small Date Lincoln

1974-D DDO Kennedy

 

Although other less popular DDO and DDR coins DO exist, you just have to know what to look for.