A 21st-century type coin set consists of one coin bearing each design produced by the United States Mint during the 21st century. That is an enormous number of coins (commemoratives, state quarters, ATB quarters, Sacagawea dollars, etc) in both circulated/uncirculated and proof finishes. We must not forget the material of the coins like clad, silver, gold, copper, platinum, etc.
The NGC type coin registry takes the one type coin for the series approach. Therefore that is only one State Quarter, one America the Beautiful Quarter, one Sacagawea Dollar and one Presidential Dollar required. They only consider coins that were meant for circulation, so no commemoratives and no gold or platinum coins.
I decided to collect a NGC-like 21st century type coin set but, looking always for perfection, my collection is made only by PR-70 coins.
Let's show it, in order of value and year of each coin.
The sixteenth is a PR-70 UC 1999-S Silver State Quarter.
It was made of 90% silver 10% copper and weights 6.25g.
I know that 1999 is not in the 21st century, but I decided to show the second issued, as an example of the Silver State Quarters.
The info below comes from https://www.statequarterguide.com/
"The 50 State Quarters Program has run its course with the release of five different quarters each year from 1999 to 2008. Each quarter featured a different design highlighting the uniqueness and history of each state.
The idea was to honor the unique Federal Republic of 50 States that comprise the United States; to promote the diffusion of knowledge among the youth of the United States about the individual states, their history and geography, and the rich diversity of the national heritage; and to encourage young people and their families to collect memorable tokens of all of the States for the face value of the coins."
NGC graded 13,679 1999-S Silver "Pennsylvania" Proofs, with 1,424 as PF-70 UC. 804,565 Silver "Pennsylvania" coins were minted in San Francisco in 1999.
I bought this coin in 2013 for $78,31 and today's price is around $215.00.
The reverse design features the statue “Commonwealth,” an outline of the state, and a keystone. The statue upon which the design is based was designed by sculptor Roland Hinton Perry and sits atop Pennsylvania’s state capitol dome in Harrisburg. The keystone honors the state’s nickname “The Keystone State”.
The reverse was designed by William Cousins and engraved by John Mercanti.
The obverse of each State Quarter bears a consistent design featuring a portrait of George Washington. The design is similar to the prior design of the Washington Quarter series.
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