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Message:: [QUOTE="Oldhoopster, post: 2922098, member: 84179"]Does anybody else see anything strange with the reeding?  Very small, shallow grooves with very wide, flat high points.  Not like the reeding on normal MS condition coins.  Does anybody know if this is a characteristic of SMS coins? Could the ridges shown in the pics be part of the insert used to hold the coin in place?  From all if the pics (BTW: nice job providing them), it looks like the distance between the rim and the "reeding" may be thicker than that on a normal coin, but I can't say for certain [USER=91382]@Jesse Gillispie[/USER] ,  You said you don't want to crack it out.  Why not?  If you have a 1965 silver dime, it's valuable..  If you really believe it's silver, then weighing it and getting accurate pics of the edge is the way to prove it.   Remember, when you think you have an extraordinary error, you need to provide extraordinary proof.  Basically, by cracking it out, you're betting $30-40 (cost to get it reslabbed) versus a heck of a lot more if you found a rare error. I think it's clear from this thread nobody can say for certain whether you have something or not, but the odds are really stacked against it.  Until you do one of the following a) weigh it and take pics of the edge, b) take it to a coin show with knowledgable error dealers, or c) send it back to a TPG, your just spinning your wheels.[/QUOTE]