Silver coins presented within premium packaging take center stage for collectors today with the release of the United States Mint 2019 Limited Edition Silver Proof Set.
Demand for this annually issued, 50,000-limited product tends to be high despite its $149.95 price. This year’s set is more attraction because, for the first time, all eight of its coins are struck in .999 fine silver.
Contents of Limited Edition Silver Proof Set
In descending order of their legal tender face value, the set includes:
- 2019-S Proof American Silver Eagle
- 2019-S Kennedy Half Dollar
- 2019-S Lowell National Historical Park Quarter (Massachusetts)
- 2019-S American Memorial Park Quarter (Northern Mariana Islands)
- 2019-S War in the Pacific National Historical Park Quarter (Guam)
- 2019-S San Antonio Missions National Historical Park Quarter (Texas)
- 2019-S Frank Church River of No Return Wilderness Quarter (Idaho)
- 2019-S Roosevelt Dime
The five quarters, issued as a part of the U.S. Mint’s ongoing America the Beautiful Quarters® Program, have designs unique to 2019. All coins of the set are produced in a collector proof quality finish with each bearing an "S" mint mark to denote their production at the San Francisco Mint.
99.9% Fine Silver Coinage and Set’s Silver Weight
Past sets included 99.9% pure American Silver Eagles with smaller coins in 90% silver. The U.S. Mint no longer produces 90% silver coins. This change was sought by U.S. Mint officials and many collectors alike. The Mint wanted .999 fine coinage, in part, to improve supply chain availability of silver coin blanks and to increase die life. Collectors, for their part, tend to prefer higher purity coins.
The eight coins in the set released today combine to 2.51 troy ounces of silver for a melt value of $43.80 based on Thursday’s LBMA silver price of $17.45 per ounce. In contrast, last year’s set has a silver weight of 2.338 troy ounces for a melt value of $40.80.
Previous Set Sales
Limited Edition Silver Proof Sets are one of the Mint’s premier products. They have enjoyed popularity to a large extent because of their presentation packaging. Set sales for recent years include:
- 2016 – 49,647 sold (19,266 initial three day sales)
- 2017 – 48,901 (sold out in approximately 32 hours)
- 2018 – 48,696 (24,990 initial three day sales)
The 2017 set sold out quickly thanks to the inclusion of an American Silver Eagle that was not sold separately and was only available in one other product that had already sold out.
Coins Available in Other Products
Coins in this year’s set are not exclusive to it. The 2019-S Proof American Silver Eagle is available separately for $55.95 and it has current sales of 120,874.
The other seven coins are available within the 2019 Silver Proof Set for $54.95. It has to year-to-date sales of 318,676.
There is also a smaller set of the five 2019 silver quarters for $36.95. It has current sales of 64,011.
Ordering
2019 Limited Edition Silver Proof Sets may be ordered from the U.S. Mint’s online catalog of proof sets or by calling 1-800-USA-MINT (872-6468).
New to collecting here. Aside from its packaging and mintage, what makes a Limited Edition Silver Proof Set special?
Good question. My thoughts are it would make a nice gift for a birth year or special occasion. Not much else on this one. IMHO
It’s in a pretty holder!! Other than that nada…..
Limited Edition sets produced in limited quantities after this they are no longer available.
No comments yet so I am thinking there is not much interest in this.
I was looking for some input also…Ive bought all the others but they really dont hold their value and they are nothing special i guess
Over priced. Doesn’t fit in my safe. Have most of the coins already. Of course, I bought one. Didn’t say I was smart…
theres nothing unique in it. youre just paying for fancy packaging. doesnt even come with a unique penny. next sellouts on the mint menu will be the reverse proof innovation coins, and the enhanced reverse proof silver eagle (only 30k mintage so that will be very hot)
I’m with Dan and Mark…fancy package and coins you can acquire from other sources for less money…And why would you pay extra to have any of the coins graded?? Identical to all the others…so many better options from an investment standpoint.
Isn’t the reverse proof enhanced silver eagle the same as the Pride of Two Nations Eagle? The mint is diluting the value of that 110,000 issue by adding this coin
The upcoming reverse proof is from San Francisco (S), while the Pride of Two Nations was West Point (W).
Thanks, I did not notice the mint. Another silver eagle to add to my collection. What is the mintage?
30,000
one per household
I gave things some more thought and decided that I really didn’t need this set. Its nice, but the sun will probably still come up tomorrow if I don’t buy it. I cancelled my order last night. Sun came up the next day…
Exactly the reasons below that I also did not jump in. Appreciate the comments.
I ordered it. I was actually looking forward to it since they were all 0.999. I don’t do it for investment or grading, though. I do it because I like it. 🙂
I hear you Neil. Nice that they are all in one package too.
These sets have been issued since 2012 (except 2015), with a limited mintage of 50,000 sets & have never sold out the total mintage. You are paying about $39 for the “special” packaging! (And all the coins in this set are available separately.) It doesn’t even have the hard plastic lens that used to hold all 8 coins in place during the first few years of this set. I guess you can display it on your coffee table in the “pretty packaging”. LOL
NumisdudeTX
And they raised the price by $5 this year too for this set (with $3 more worth of silver in it). Why does the Mint price its silver coins & medals so high in spite of low silver prices & does not have a weekly pricing grid/matrix for silver products, but does for its gold, platinum & palladium products!!??
NumisdudeTX
Hope there is some weird circumstance that makes them a valuable commodity.
I don’t know anything about coin collecting or proof sets. However, I have S series proof sets ranging from 1939 to 1986, and would like to know what they are worth. Any information would be appreciated, thanks in advance.
Don’t worry!! Mike Mezack the “KING” of coin collecting is all over this so called LIMITED EDITION set.. Repeat Repeat Repeat!!! Understand!!!
Leland Prebble 2 ways to find out the mint set values is to get the “Red Book” of coins. Another way is to go to Ebay. There you can see what they are actually paying for them.
Amazon is another indicator. They go a little higher there.
Most S Proof sets are worth very little, however, a 1939 Proof set is worth good money.
Search “PCGS price guide” and look for Proof Sets…
Being from the eat coast the S mint mark was always desirable here…
Proof sets in the ’30s, the ’40-’42 ones, and the early ’50s are worth a fair amount. Values drop off after that and especially following the end of silver in ’64. Follow the advice given below and buy (or at least read) the book before doing anything else. (Incidentally there were no -S proof sets until 1968, all Philadelphia before that.)
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Kurt –
A 1939 U.S. Mint Proof set in original packaging is worth about $1,150 depending on the condition of the coins, of course. Only 8,795 sets were made that year.
NumisdudeTX
It’s probably not far off that they invigorate sales of this by striking the nickel and cent in silver.
Since all the coins can be bought now in 99.9 pure silver separately…….there is NO REASON to buy the limited series and pay $49 MORE FOR IT !!
And separately you also get the penny and nickel included in the silver proof set.
And the limited edition “packaging” is not worth it.
You are forgetting the Native American Dollar coin that is also included in the silver proof set
Eddy, look at the coins in the set. Do you see the Native American Dollar in the limited edition silver proof set?
Collector, Eddy had responded to Joe Thompson, who mentioned that you can get all coins that are included in the Limited Edition Silver Proof Set, in the standard “Silver Proof Set.” By purchasing the Silver Proof set you can also get the “Penny” (Actually cent) and the nickel for less that the cost of the complete Limited Edition Silver Proof Set, versus the Silver Proof Set. Eddy had reminded Joe Thompson that you also get the Native American Dollar in the standard Silver Proof set, as opposed the the American Silver Eagle dollar coin. So, a person could get more… Read more »
Okay, Thank you.
And Piedmont you would also get a (W) minted reverse proof cent this year with the 2019 Silver Proof set. So purchasing the (S) minted American Silver Eagle separately with the Silver proof set. You would get the same coins as the Limited Edition Silver proof set except the S minted cent, w minted rev proof cent, proof nickel, and the proof (Sacagawea Dollar, or native American Dollar). The only reason that I purchase these Limited edition sets is to send them to NGC for grading of the coins and get the fact that they are from the limited edition… Read more »
How much does that cost ?
Collector, I never said the proof Native American coin was in the limited edition set, what I said is that Joe Thompson said that the only coins you didn’t get in the LIMITED EDITION PROOF SET was the cent and the nickel, he didn’t include the fact that the NATIVE AMERICAN coin and w minted reverse proof cent were also included in the SILVER proof set
EDDY, got it. Thanks.
I’ve boughten a couple of these coins sets in the past few years and they are worth every penny.