On June 7, 2017 the United States Mint released the 2017 Silver Proof Set (Buy on eBay) with no product or mintage limit.
The set included ten coins like the regular proof set for that year except that the Roosevelt dime, the five American the Beautiful quarters and the Kennedy half dollar were struck in 90% silver.
Each set included five America the Beautiful quarters honoring the Effigy Mounds National Monument in Iowa; the Frederick Douglass National Historic Site in Washington, DC; the Ozark National Scenic Riverways in Missouri; Ellis Island and the Statue of Liberty National Monument in New Jersey; and George Rogers Clark National Historic Park in Indiana.
The sets also included a Native American $1 coin that features a reverse design with a profile of Sequoyah writing “Sequoyah from Cherokee nation” in syllabary (the Cherokee writing system) along the design’s border.
Limited edition set
On October 5, 2017, the Mint released the 2017 Limited Edition Silver Proof Set (Buy on eBay) with a product limit of 50,000 and no mintage of household order limited that was priced at $139.95.
That set included 8 silver coins – each of the 2017 America the Beautiful quarters plus the Roosevelt dime, Kennedy half dollar and a 2017-S Proof American Silver Eagle. That coin was first sold in the 2017 Congratulations set.
Each coin carried an “S” mint mark and was struck in 90% silver except the silver dollar, which is struck in .999 fine silver.
2017 Silver Proof Set Information
- Coins per set: 10
- Face value: $2.91
- Original Issue Price: $47.95
- Mintage: 358,085
2017 Limited Edition Silver Proof Set
- Coins per set: 8
- Face value: $2.85
- Original issue price: $139.95
- Mintage: 48,901
