Token US Mint Set (P or D)

A Mint Set from the US Mint contains uncirculated specimens of current coins. The mint makes oodles of them and sells them to collectors at exorbitant prices. They make great gifts, but the premium you pay for them is extremely high.

Packaged with some of these sets is a small copper token with P (Philadelphia) or D (Denver) on one side. Enterprising coin dealers break the sets apart and sell the uncirculated coins separately. What is left, then, are oodles of unsold P or D tokens. You can buy them on eBay in lots of 50 for a few US dollars.

For a run-down on mint sets themselves, go to this CoinQuest page.
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Coin: 14557, Genre: Tokens, Timeline: Modern
Created (yyyymm): 201304, Last review: 202110
Appearance: Normal round coin Metallic brown Letters: Latin
Years: sort: 1990, filter: 1948 to 2050
Image: us_mint_set_token.jpg
Tags: escutcheon shiled crests crest setting insignia chevrons untied arm phildelphia treasury shields coats mintmarks balance united scale sets key chevron coat mintmark logo arms mintmaster denver keys creast sheild philadelphia crested set scales mint shield escucheon shild phila