Issue price was $11.00, current value is $8.00
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It's not a Proof set, no Proof coins were were struck in 1965-1967. The set is a "Special Mint Set" that has coins with semi-proof like surfaces with less design details. Issue price was $4.00 average retail value is $15.00.
No. The US Mint in San Francisco has produced many coins for circulation since it opened in 1854. Prior to 1968 nearly all proof coins were made at the US Mint in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Beginning in 1968, all proof coins were produced at the US Mint in San Francisco although this mint continued to produce Lincoln Cents for circulation until 1974 and Jefferson nickels until 1971. In 1984 the US Mint at West Point, New York began minting proof coins as well. The Philadelphia Mint also produced proof $1 coins in 1999.
No US proof sets were produced in 65, 66 or 67. Special Mint Sets were issued with coins that have proof like qualities. Issue price was $4.00 current value is $11.00.
The 1981 Proof set has a current value of $9.00 and issue price was $11.00 but check the "S" mint mark on all the coins, on most of the sets the mint mark is filled an does not appear well defined. If all coins have a sharp clear mint mark, value may be $300.00 or so.
Your set is uncirculated but not proof. Proof coins are specially-struck with a mirrorlike finish, and are made only at the San Francisco Mint. The P and D sets are taken from normal circulation strikes. As of 12/2010 its value is about $8.