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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;geekpryde, post: 25090813, member: 36248&quot;]I am curious what opinions are out there for US Mint strike types.&nbsp; Official mint nomenclature versus common parlance, and how different people categorise coins that are &quot;special&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><ul> <li><b>Business strike</b></li> <li><b>Proof</b></li> <li><b>Reverse Proof</b></li> <li><b>Uncirculated</b></li> <li><b>Burnished</b></li> <li><b>SMS</b></li> <li><b>Special Strike</b></li> <li><b>Enhanced</b></li> <li><b>Specimen</b></li> <li><b>NIFC </b>(where do these fit in?)<br /> </li> <li>...others I am forgetting?</li> </ul><p><br /></p><p>Reason I am asking:&nbsp; &nbsp; I am trying to determine if my Business-strike only Box-of-100 is cheating if I have &quot;burnished&quot; coins or &quot;special&quot; coins in there.&nbsp;&nbsp; And just in general I want to now how other collectors feel on this matter.</p><p><br /></p><p>To me, I have generically referred to Special Strike coins like a Burnished American Silver eagle as &quot;SMS&quot;, but I dont think thats technically accurate.&nbsp; &nbsp; There are coins realized in Special Mints Sets, and then there are coins that are just <i>Special</i>.</p><p><br /></p><p>My 1998 Kennedy 50C SMS coin, a special strike gets the &quot;SP&quot; designation in place of &quot;MS&quot; or &quot;PR&quot; but my ASE only get &quot;MS&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>For me, I am currently organizing them like this, but please correct / educated me if you don&#039;t agree.&nbsp;&nbsp; I think there is a good argument to consider the special coins more as proofs than not.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Business &amp; Uncirculated &amp; NIFC</b> are grouped together.&nbsp; <i> Can the terms be used interchangeably?</i></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Proof &amp; Reverse Proof &amp; Enhanced</b> are grouped together.&nbsp;&nbsp; <i>Are enhanced coins always closer to proofs than business strikes?</i></p><p><br /></p><p><b>SMS &amp; Burnished &amp; Special</b> <b>&amp; Specimen</b> are grouped together.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; <i>Are the SP and MS prefix used capriciously by the TPG, or is there defined rules?</i></p><p><br /></p><p>Can SMS &amp; Burnished &amp; Special &amp; Specimen coins be part of a &quot;Business Strike Only&quot; custom set or registry set, or not.&nbsp;&nbsp; Do you think these are really just proofs but with the more matte look of a business strike coin?</p><p><br /></p><p>Your thoughts are appreciated&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie102" alt=":writer:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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