The Largest Silver Proof Set - 18 piece - 2009 - Original Government Packaging

Each year, the United States Mint releases several annual collections, the finest among these being the Official U.S. Proof Sets. The U.S. Mint Proof set contains one of each coin for that year of issue, with each being a double struck, highly polished specimen. What many collectors do not know, is that there are special proof sets still minted in 90% silver...and that they are even rarer than the regular proof sets!

In fact, not only are these proof sets more sought after by collectors for their high silver content, they are often times twice as rare as their clad proof counterparts! So how do you take a set as iconic and hard to find as the silver proof sets and make it even better? How about with the largest set ever released! The 2009 Silver Proof Set from the United States Mint is the largest proof set ever with a total of 18 different coins!

The #1 collector's set released by the U.S. Mint every year is the San Francisco Mint Proof Set. More people buy the U.S. Proof set on a yearly basis than any other collectible released by the Mint. In 1992 for the first time in over a quarter century the U.S. Mint brought back 90% silver coinage to its proof set lines, immediately cementing their status as the 'must-have' proof sets released by the U.S. Mint among collectors.

Want to know how hard to find this set is? With a mintage of just 697,365, it is twice as rare as the regular 2009 Proof Set (which had a mintage of 1,482,502!)...add in the fact that the mintages for these sets gets smaller and smaller every year, and you have an absolute must have for any collection!

Not only is this the largest silver proof set ever put together, but many of the coins were very special issues themselves! From the eight 90% silver coins, the first 6 coins honoring our Territories, the four one-year only Bicentennial design Lincoln cents, to the very first Golden Sacagawea dollar...this set has it all!

4 one-year only Lincoln bicentennial Cents: Log Cabin, Formative Years, Professional Life and Presidency

1 2009 Jefferson Nickel

1 2009 Silver Roosevelt Dime

6 Silver Territory Washington Quarters: District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, US Virgin Islands and Northern Mariana Islands

1 2009 Silver Kennedy Half Dollar

1 Golden Sacagawea Dollar (The Very First)

4 Presidential Dollars: William Henry Harrison, John Tyler, James Polk and Zachary Taylor

Each proof is struck twice giving each coin a razor sharp, frosted image. They are like miniature mirrors...you can actually see yourself! A regular proof coin has that look, but when you see it for yourself first hand on a silver proof...it is a truly spectacular finish!