I know a coin dealer that sometimes sells coins at spot price because of the amount that pass through the business. Yesterday, I woke up early with a serious itch to visit the dealer. Being allowed to look through a roll of uncirculated 1964 Kennedy halves was an option I had no idea was coming. Boy, was I excited! When I further inspected the seven I picked out of the roll at home, I noticed one to be much different, and may be one of the few SMS coins struck in the '64 date. Would you have it graded?
It has the “dangling 4” but this photo doesn’t do it justice. I plan to have it graded. I don’t think it has to be from sms packaging.
http://www.pcgscoinfacts.com/coin/detail/6844 By reading the description, there is no sms packaging even mentioned for one to be discovered.
Is it really an identical marker, or are you simply interpreting an anomaly on your coin to be a match based solely upon the desire for the coin to be something special? Honest question and is something we all must ask ourselves if faced with the similar. When it comes to things like this, the basic principle behind Occam's Razor is usually a safe bet. For your comparison: your coin and a known example in the Heritage archives....
It's not a SMS. It's a normal 1964 half. If you feel otherwise pay the fees and submit. When it comes back as a normal '64 please don't blame us.
Normal 1964 half. "Die marker" is in the wrong location. It should be attached to the horizontal part of the 4. Yours is attached to the vertical part. Not SMS.
If you research the 1964 SMS sets you'll find that all the coins were found in the estate of a former mint director. A well known dealer was believed to have acquired all of them in the early 90's and they started showing up in auctions and many (all???) were sent to TPGs and slabbed. Now maybe you would like to explain a plausible situation where someone could find one in a bulk silver lot? Moral of the story, don't listen to the YouTube and strike it rich in pocket change crap. Yes, the 1964 SMS coins are rare and valuable. But you are no more likely to get one in change than a 1913 Liberty Nickel.
You are so correct. But when I was younger I got a 1913 Nickel in change. It has a Buffalo on the reverse. But on the obverse is the word LIBERTY. I was told this is a 1913 Liberty nickel. I know only 5 are known, 2 in museums and I have one of the three in private hands. I have it on my possession and no one can tell me otherwise. Here's a photo for proof. This is sarcastic as I can get at this hour. Please send in your half for grading. We would love to see the results.
I have an idea if you're still not convinced, take it to the dealer you bought it from, see if he'll give you SMS money for it.