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<p>[QUOTE="yakpoo, post: 4709980, member: 18157"]I was under the understanding that all SMS coins were minted at the San Francisco Mint (without mint marks). The theory goes that these were trial pieces struck prior to the 1965-1967 run...but who knows for sure?</p><p><br /></p><p>PCGS claims that many (perhaps all) 1964 examples came from the estate of Mint Director Eva Adams...which had no mint marks...but have a teardrop shaped bump between the base and crosslet of the "4" in the date. You may be able to zoom in and see it on this HA Auction example...</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://dyn1.heritagestatic.com/lf?set=path%5B1%2F4%2F4%2F5%2F5%2F14455411%5D&call=url%5Bfile%3Aproduct.chain%5D" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="yakpoo, post: 4709980, member: 18157"]I was under the understanding that all SMS coins were minted at the San Francisco Mint (without mint marks). The theory goes that these were trial pieces struck prior to the 1965-1967 run...but who knows for sure? PCGS claims that many (perhaps all) 1964 examples came from the estate of Mint Director Eva Adams...which had no mint marks...but have a teardrop shaped bump between the base and crosslet of the "4" in the date. You may be able to zoom in and see it on this HA Auction example... [IMG]https://dyn1.heritagestatic.com/lf?set=path%5B1%2F4%2F4%2F5%2F5%2F14455411%5D&call=url%5Bfile%3Aproduct.chain%5D[/IMG][/QUOTE]
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