Christopher C. Newton, the fiercely private chief executive officer of California-based Work Life Benefits, was due at a budget meeting there Tuesday afternoon and caught American Airlines Flight 77 that morning.is wife, Amy, had already moved to Ashburn with their son, Michael, 10, and daughter, Sarah, 7. Colleagues said Newton, 38, viewed the move as strategically advantageous and jokingly said it would put him three time zones closer for telephone calls from the Paris headquarters of Accor, the firm's parent.
Single Proof coins were available from the Mint, at a premium over their face value, in the years in which they were minted. In 1936 the Mint started offering Proof coins in complete sets, cent, nickel, dime, quarter and half dollar. These sets originally sold for $1.87 each. In 1942 there were some Proof sets issued with two nickels. The regular composition as well as the silver.
U.S. Mint Sets from 1959 - Current Year. United States mint sets are uncirculated coin sets that are specially packaged by the U.S. Mint for sale to coin collectors. Each official United States government mint set contains uncirculated examples of each year's coins issued for circulation. Unlike U.S. proof sets, United States mint sets contain coins that are not minted with any special considerations for quality. Coins that were minted as proof only are not included in U.S. mint sets. United States mint sets were first sold in 1947, and since 1959 the coins have been sealed in protective plastic. For the years 1965 through 1967 Special U.S. Mint Sets were made with higher than normal quality as a substitute for U.S. proof sets as none were issued for those years.