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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cladking, post: 3028355, member: 68&quot;]It is tough with some coins.&nbsp; I might be exaggerating when I say nearly 100% accuracy because there is&nbsp; a range of processes and techniques that were used to strike SMS and, as I said, a small minority of them look just like business strikes.&nbsp; The only thing that sets these apart from business strikes is that they are well struck by good dies. </p><p><br /></p><p>Of course, at least in theory, some business strikes are well struck by good dies so there are a few coins that could go either way.&nbsp; Usually the services grade these SMS. </p><p><br /></p><p>If I were asked to differentiate 500 RANDOM business strikes from 500 RANDOM SMS I probably would miss no more than one.&nbsp;&nbsp; Of course if you make that the 500 finest business strikes from 500 clean SMS then I&#039;d miss a lot more, but probably no more than 30 or 40. </p><p><br /></p><p>Telling these apart is a matter of experience and with some SMS and some business strikes you can&#039;t be certain.&nbsp; I&#039;ve even used to see the polished die strikes in circulation back in the day.&nbsp; But the SMS version is a little uglier.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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