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13 October 2008

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Mint Stats: Summer Not Slow for Plain Vanilla Proof Set - NumisMaster

It is gratifying to look at 2008 proof set sales this week. From a numismatic standpoint, they are so wholesome and ordinary.

It may seem odd to use the word “wholesome” in a numismatic context, but in my life of coin collecting, the proof set has been part of the bedrock. When we didn’t have them 1965-1967, collectors felt deprived.

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