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1936 Silver Proof Set

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The First US Proof Set

The 1936 proof set minted in Philadelphia by the United States Mint was the beginning of the modern era of proof coins that offered each denomination of the coins issued that year placed in complete sets. The 1936 proof set contained five coins, the Lincoln wheat cent, the Indian head nickel, the Mercury dime, the Washington quarter and the Walking Liberty half dollar.

The Lincoln cent and the Indian head nickel coins were first minted in a satin finish and did not go over to well with coin collectors. The mint changed the minting process to produce the two coins in a brilliant mirror like finish found on the dime, quarter and half dollar coins. Proof coins included in the 1936 proof set were also sold individually by the U.S. Mint.

Last update: Wednesday 05/23/2012

1936 Proof Set Coins

!936 Proof CoinsThe 1936 proof set contains has a face value of $0.91 and contains five coins that include the Lincoln Head one cent coin, Buffalo nickel five cent coin, Mercury Head silver dime, Washington silver quarter and the Walking Liberty half dollar. The dime, quarter and half dollar have a metal composition of 90% silver and 10% copper. Total number minted was 3,837. Original issue price was $1.89.

How Proof Coins Are Made

Proof coins produced by the US Mint unlike coins minted for general circulation use a special minting process to produce coins with mirror like surfaces and sharp well defined details that made especially for coin collectors. The term proof refers to a type of coin and the way it was made and is not condition grade.

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US Mint Coin News

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AP WEST POINT, NY ? The US Mint worker dons surgical gloves as she sprays down the large silver pieces like flowers in a garden. They clank and jingle in the tray as liquid beads up on their mirror-like surfaces and they are sent on their way, ...
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The US Mint worker dons surgical gloves as she sprays down the large silver pieces like flowers in a garden. They clank and jingle in the tray as liquid beads up on their mirror-like surfaces and they are sent on their way, to be transformed into ...
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