How can you tell if a penny is 1964 SMS?

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  1. emmanuel ch

    emmanuel ch New Member

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  3. lincoln

    lincoln Large Member

    SMS were 65 to 67. There were Uncirculated sets and Proof sets offered by the mint in 64. How to tell the cent of one from the other would probably be the strike. It should be more pronounced on the proof. The uncirculated sets were regular business strike coins. This was my opinion.
     
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  4. alurid

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  5. robec

    robec Junior Member

    Looks like a normal 1964 to me.

    Whenever someone finds a 1964 Lincoln in reasonably good shape they always think they have one of the 30-50 known SMS coins instead of one of the 2.5 BILLION regular strike Lincoln's.
     
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  6. xCoin-Hoarder'92x

    xCoin-Hoarder'92x Storm Tracker

    I feel weird asking, and I probably knew a while back... What's SMS?

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  7. Troodon

    Troodon Coin Collector

    Special Mint Set.
     
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  8. saenzap

    saenzap New Member

    I found this one
     

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  9. saenzap

    saenzap New Member

    Found this one
     

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  10. robec

    robec Junior Member

    That's great only another 2,648,574,999 and you will have found them all.
     
  11. markr

    markr Active Member

    The easiest way for me (and I suspect for the op) to tell if a 1964 cent is SMS or not is to read what the slab says.
     
  12. HARVEY A GLIDDEN

    HARVEY A GLIDDEN New Member

    i have a 1964 P SMS penny. HOW DO I TAKE A PIC OF IT AND POST IT HERE?
     
  13. Treashunt

    Treashunt The Other Frank

    If you have it, then it isn't one
     
  14. Mike Thornton

    Mike Thornton Learning something new everyday.

    It's pretty easy. First take the photo with the coin filling the screen. Save it to your PC. Then when you post a message, there will be 3 buttons at the bottom right of the window you typing in. The middle button is "Upload a File". Click that button, then follow the instructions. Find the photo you saved and select it. Once it's uploaded, look for a button that says "full size" and select it. Then post the message. Good luck. BTY, if you post it as a thumbnail or if it's cut off or out of focus, the members will tell you all about it. It's all good. Looking forward to your post and photo.
     
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  15. nancy lassila

    nancy lassila New Member

    i have a gorgeous all copper 1964 s !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
     
  16. robec

    robec Junior Member

    All Lincoln cents minted from 1909 to 1981 were 95% copper and 5% tin and zinc with the exception of the 1943 steel coated zinc.

    if you’re saying you have a 1964 with an S mint mark, no you don’t. The S mint mark wasn’t used on the Lincoln cent from 1956 through 1967.
     
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  17. Pismo500

    Pismo500 Member

    How many 1964 Lincoln SMSs are known, 6 like the Kennedy half? What was the last sale of one?
     
  18. Collecting Nut

    Collecting Nut Borderline Hoarder

    There are no 1964 SMS cents. Also no 1964-S cents either.
     
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