Walter Breen's Encyclopedia of United States and Colonial Proof Coins 1722-1989

Valuation Guide
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1911 [543] S 5/75 sale1100
1912[700] S 5/75 sale1100
1913 [613-] Type I nickel only S 5/75 sale1600
1913 With Type II nickel added:1950
1914 [380-] S 5/75 sale2000
1915 [450-] 5/75 sale2200
1916 Minor coins (1¢, 5¢ only). [600-] Unpriced with silver750
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1936 [3,837-]1900
1937 [5,542-]825
1938 [8,045]400
1939 [8,795-]380
1940 [11,246-]270
1941 [15,187-] Usually without W on half dollar260
1942 Type I nickel only [21,120-]250
1942 Both nickels300
1950 [51,386]175
1951 [57,500]110
1952 [81,980]70
1953 [128,800]45
1954 [233,300]22
1955 [378,200]25
1956 [669,384]12 1/2
1957[1,247,952]6
1958 [875,652]11
1959 [1,149,291]6 1/2
1960 All kinds [1,691,602]. Cent with small date25
1960 Cent with large date6 1/2
1960 Cent with large over small date [3,028,244]5
1962 [3,218,019]5
1963 [3,075,645]5
1964 [3,950,762]5 1/2
1968 S [3,041,509] All kinds5
1968 S Dime without S. Set7500
1969 S [2,934,631]5
1970 S All kinds [2,632,810] Cent with large date. Set10
1970 S Cent with small date. Set50
1970 S Either type, dime without S [2200]. Included above600
1971 S All kinds (no dollar) [3,224,138]5
1971 S Nickel without S [1655]. Included above900
1972 S [3,267,667] (No dollar)5
1973 S [2,769,624] (Includes nickel-clad dollar)14
1974 S [2,617,350] (Includes nickel-clad dollar)15
1975 S [2,909,369] (Includes Bicentennial quarter, half and Type I Dollar, nickel-clad)25
1976 S Six-piece set [4,419,730] (As 1975) with Type I Dollar:25
1976 S As above but with Type II Dollar15
1976 S Three-piece set. [1,045,412] Quarter, half and Type II Dollar, silver-clad.17
1977 S As in 1974. In production. Mint price9

GOLD PROOF SETS

In the present state of the market, whenever one of these appears at auction or in a fixed-price offering, it is overwhelmingly likely to be broken up and offered as single coins, regardless of the date, as was done with the Garrett material. It is therefore impractical to guess at valuations for intact sets, original or assembled. They may be approximately ascertained by adding the values assigned to the individual coins, from dollar through double eagle. There are no auction records for intact sets recent enough to mean anything, with the possible exception of the 1900 four-piece set in the1975 Winthrop sale, at $7500.

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