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Coins - Mint Sets 1980-1989

For the first two years, the 1980s Mint Sets contained thirteen coins. Mint sets were not offered the next two years, and the remaining years of the 1980s had ten coins each mint set year.

The US Mint corrected the issue of not putting a third dollar in the mint sets for the dollar coin minted in San Francisco in the 1980 and 1981 mint sets. Each of those mint sets contained thirteen coins.

Mint sets were not produced in 1982 and 1983, but in 1984, the US Mint dramatically changed their packaging of the mint sets. For 1984 through 1989, each year's mint sets were packaged differently. For the 1980s years beginning in 1984, the mint sets included only the one cent, five cent, ten cent, quarter dollar and half dollar coins with one each from Denver and Philadelphia.

The Mint Sets were packaged in two pliofilm sleeves with coins sealed in their own compartments. The Philadelphia sleeve had blue edges, and the Denver sleeve had red edges. But in 1981, the blue edges changed from a turquoise blue to a dark blue reminiscent of the American flag's colors. The red edges appear more vibrant as well.

For the ten-coin mint sets of 1984 through 1989, each pliofilm sleeve had six compartments with the sixth containing a metallic token, much like a penny, identifying the "D" for Denver and "P" for Philadelphia coins.

Of particular interest in this time frame, the penny changed composition from the 95% copper and 5% zinc to copper-plated zinc which included 2.5% copper and 97.5% zinc. The new, lighter zinc penny became available in 1982, one of the years the mint sets were not produced.

In the early years of the Susan B. Anthony dollar, the Mint produced hundreds of millions of the dollar coins to alleviate the costs of replacing the dollar bill. But, the American public did not particularly care for the new dollar coin. As a result, the Mint stopped making the dollar coin in 1981 and did not produce it again until 1999.

Click on the individual year links below for more details, including pictures, about the Mint Sets and their contents.

Year

 Mints

 Population

Cent Nickel Dime Quarter Half Dollar

Total
Coins

Face
Value

Issue
Price

1980

pds

2,815,066

2

2

2

2

2

3

13

$4.82

$9.00

1981

pds

2,908,145

2

2

2

2

2

3

13

$4.82

$11.00

   The US Mint did not produce Mint Sets for 1982 and 1983  

1984

pd

1,832,857

2

2

2

2

2

 

10

$1.82

$7.00

1985

pd

1,710,571

2

2

2

2

2

 

10

$1.82

$7.00

1986

pd

1,153,536

2

2

2

2

2

 

10

$1.82

$7.00

1987

pd

2,890,758

2

2

2

2

2

 

10

$1.82

$7.00

1988

pd

1,646,204

2

2

2

2

2

 

10

$1.82

$7.00

1989

pd

1,987,915

2

2

2

2

2

 

10

$1.82

$7.00



pds = the set included coins from the Philadelphia, Denver and San Francisco Mints
pd = coins in the set were produced at the Philadelphia and Denver Mints

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