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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Conder101, post: 4585199, member: 66&quot;]The 1965-67 SMS coins can vary widely in appearance so any comparison with them is questionable.</p><p><br /></p><p>The &quot;teardrop&quot; is not an infallible marker because it also appears on some business strikes as well. (But it appears on ALL 1964 SMS halves.&nbsp; So no teardrop it isn&#039;t a SMS, with teardrop good sign but more proof is needed.)</p><p><br /></p><p>The SMS coins are supposed to be sharp strikes from new dies but they ALL show heavy &quot;polish lines&quot;, and these polish lines need to match EXACTLY between a suspect SMS coin and a known one.&nbsp; Even then there can be questions.&nbsp; There is fairly good evidence that the reverse die of the SMS Cent, after the SMS coins were struck, was then used for regular business strikes.&nbsp; So it may be possible that the other SMS dies were also used for business strikes.</p><p><br /></p><p>Frankly if you can&#039;t trace your supposed 1964 SMS coin back to the sale of the Eva Adams coins it isn&#039;t going to get certified as a SMS, and without that certification it&#039;s just a common 1964 coin.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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