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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Conder101, post: 3209165, member: 66&quot;]SMS = Special Mint Set</p><p><br /></p><p>From 1965 to 1967 the mint did not make regular mint sets or proof sets.&nbsp; They made a kind of a hybid set that was neither one or the other.&nbsp; The coins were usually better than the typical business strikes found in mintsets but not the quality found in proof sets.&nbsp; Around 1990 I believe, a group of 1964 coins came out of former mint Director Eva Adams estate that shows the same kind of special appearance usually seen on the 1965 to 67 SMS coins.&nbsp; It was supposed that these were test or experimental pieces created while they were coming up with how they would make the coins for the Special Mint Sets.&nbsp; All of the coins from the estate were eventually sold at auction and they all brought high prices.&nbsp; Today they are probably all in slabs, they will NOT be found in circulation or in &quot;grampa&#039;s old collection&quot;.&nbsp; But several time a month someone comes along witha 1964 coin they are sure is one of the highly valuable 1964 SMS coins.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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