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<p>[QUOTE="Oldhoopster, post: 4968613, member: 84179"]All of the known SMS 1964 halves were found in the estate of a former mint director in the 80s, sold to a prominent dealer, and slabbed a few years later. None were circulation finds. Your coin is harshly polished and shows some wear, so if it was a SMS, it would have had to have been purchased at an auction, removed from the slab, spent, circulated, harshly cleaned, and then you found it in circulation. not a very likely scenario</p><p><br /></p><p>The die chip/defect on the 4 has also been found on business strikes, so that alone isn't confirmation.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Oldhoopster, post: 4968613, member: 84179"]All of the known SMS 1964 halves were found in the estate of a former mint director in the 80s, sold to a prominent dealer, and slabbed a few years later. None were circulation finds. Your coin is harshly polished and shows some wear, so if it was a SMS, it would have had to have been purchased at an auction, removed from the slab, spent, circulated, harshly cleaned, and then you found it in circulation. not a very likely scenario The die chip/defect on the 4 has also been found on business strikes, so that alone isn't confirmation.[/QUOTE]
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