While sorting through some coins I looked over a 1980 mint set to see if the Lincoln penny was a DDO (twas not) and noticed the dime in the Philadelphia set bearing a "D" mintmark. To ensure I wasn't losing my mind, I referenced the U.S. Mint website, my redbook, my error book and rechecked the mintmark multiple times. Can anyone shed some light on the rarity of this? Being that it is a "1980 P-D-S" set, the "error" lies in the fact that it does not contain a dime from the Philadelphia mint. I can't seem to find anything where this error has been acknowledged yet. Could it possibly someday have a value similar to those of the famous Proof sets that contain "no S cent/nickel/dime"? What are yall's thoughts?
I fail to see the "value" in what seems like a possible error in packaging. If it is a "mint set" it is just a business strike, correct? What am I missing here?
Packaging errors on mint sets rarely carry a premium and often times are worth less because they don't have all of the correct coins.
I think my wording may have been misleading. Obviously a mint set is not a proof set, I was using this for comparison. If it were to ever gain the acknowledgement similar to the "1968 S 'with no S dime' Proof set" (reference pg. 354 of Red Book), say "1980 P-D-S 'with no P dime' Mint set," I think it would be safe to say it could possibly see a significant increase in value that is
similar to the increase in value that the 1968 "no S dime" proof set has when compared to a normal 1968 proof set containing an S dime. Sorry for making one post into two posts to add to any confusion. This Friday feels like a Monday.
You are mixing 2 different things here. The No S and No P coins are rare mint errors. These coins were struck by dies that were missing the mintmark, and very few were minted. The No S coins are Proofs and can easily be differentiated from business strike coins made without mintmarks. All 1980 dimes have a mintmark (PDS), so anything without a mintmark (and not altered after minting) is from this specific die and rare. Your mint set is a packaging mistake. The US mint made over 700 million 1980-P and 1980-D dimes. The packaging mistake just gave you an extra D Mint that is no different than the other 700 million coins and shorted you a P mint. People usually buy mint sets to get 1 example of each coin. Yours is missing one. It is an interesting conversation item, but not worth anything. Hope that helps explain the difference
LOL, I can't believe I got that mixed up now that it has been laid out for me. Guess the "mood chooser" I chose was spot on! Thank you Oldhoopster for clarifying!
