1964 & 1968 Proof Sets and 1981 & 1984 Mint Sets

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1964 & 1968 Proof Set Pair: The year 1964 featured the final principal Philadelphia Mint issued U.S. proof set. That year was also the last to carry circulation dimes, quarters and half dollars struck with the traditional 90% silver content. No regular proof sets were issued from 1965 to 1967. (Instead, the Mint introduced Special Mint Sets as a collector-oriented alternative.) In 1968 the San Francisco Mint issued its first dazzling U.S. proof set featuring clad coinage. These sets shifted to new improved packaging housing specimens in a rigid plastic case that showed both sides of the coins.

1981 & 1984 Mint Set Pair: No U.S. mint sets were produced in 1982 and 1983 due to federal budget cuts. The 1981 mint set was the last official issue before a government cost-cutting measure eliminated the program. That 13-coin set contains three Susan B. Anthony dollars from the Philadelphia, Denver and San Francisco Mints. Early in 1981 the Treasury decided not to follow through on the three planned circulation mintages for the dollar, which meant that the SBA coins were issued in Brilliant Uncirculated quality only in the 1981 mint set. Congress restored funding in time for the 10-coin 1984 mint set's release.