SMS Coin Defined - What is an SMS Coin?
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SMS
Acronym for Special Mint Sets issued by the US Mint between 1965-1967. During these years PROOF SETS were not issued but Mint Sets contained PROOF-LIKE coins.
Souvenir Sheet
A small sheet of stamps with a commemorative inscription.
SMS Short for Special Mint Set
SP Short for Specimen Strike.
spark-erosion die A die made by an electrolytic deposition method. The surfaces of such a die are very rough, so they usually are extensively polished to remove the Â"pimples.
SMS
Short for Special Mint Set
So (mintmark)
Mintmark for Santiago, Chile (Spanish Colonial and Chilean coins). The small "o" is placed directly above the "S".
SMS - Special Mint Set
T1 and T2 - Type one and Type two - (also expressed as Type I or T1 and Type II or T2) Used to denote a variation in the design on two coins with the same design.
SMS - Abbreviation for Special Mint Set.
Special Mint Sets - Special sets of uncirculated coins issued from 1965 to 1967 as replacements for both Mint Sets and Proof Sets (neither of which were issued during those years).
SMS tickets
Sometimes public transport is free, and thus no tickets are needed, such as in Hasselt in Belgium.
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SMS (Special Mint Set)
A set of coins, produced and packaged by the US Mint from 1965-1967, classified neither as business strikes or proof. The intent was to use Special Mint Sets to eliminate proof sets.
Specie ...
1966 SMS Kennedy Half Dollar, Double Die Obverse - Here is a coin that often shows up as singles at bourses. The coin shows strong doubling on Kennedy's profile as well as on the eye, hair, IN GOD WE TRUST, and the designer's initials.
Special Mint sets (SMS)
Coins produced under special conditions by the United States Mint at San Francisco during the years 1965, 1966 and 1967. Coins have no Mint marks.
(Use of this term implies that there is a large size or diameter with the same motif. Examples are the Large and Small size Capped Bust quarters.) SMS Short for Special Mint Set. Struck by the U.S.
The quality of many of the 1965 coins was not much better than that of business strikes-but by 1967, some Special Mint Set (SMS) coins resembled Proofs. In fact, the government admitted as much when it revealed how the 1967 issues were struck.
The Special Mint Set (SMS) coins were specially prepared, however, much less care was given to them than proof coins. They were only struck once, compared to proofs which were struck twice from specially prepared dies and planchets.
Mauretania, Lix. 2nd-1st Century BC. Æ 20mm. Facing head of Baal-Melkart / Star between grape cluster & grain ear; neo-Punic "MQM SMS". Müller 252.
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Perseus Project database, coins of Lix ...
If you believe the "banker story", then the coins should be graded as Proofs. Or maybe we can come to a compromise, how about Special Mint Struck. SMS, every hear of that before?
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