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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;19Lyds, post: 2430422, member: 15929&quot;]I keep forgetting what the heck &quot;SP&quot; stands for since it has not made a phonetic connection in my impaired brain!</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;SPecial&quot;</p><p>&quot;Special Phinish&quot;</p><p>&quot;Super Purty&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Googling it shows that NGC and the Numismatic World interprets it as &quot;SPECIMEN&quot;</p><p><a href="https://www.ngccoin.com/news/article/2202/Glossary/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.ngccoin.com/news/article/2202/Glossary/" rel="nofollow">https://www.ngccoin.com/news/article/2202/Glossary/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Even that is confusing since the word &quot;specimen&quot; is defined as:</p><p><br /></p><p>noun</p><p>1. a part or an individual taken as exemplifying a whole mass or number; a typical animal, plant, mineral, part, etc.</p><p>2. (in medicine, microbiology, etc.) a sample of a substance or material for examination or study: a urine specimen; a tissue specimen.</p><p>3. a particular or peculiar kind of person.</p><p><br /></p><p>yet the TPG&#039;s are using it to describe a coins &quot;finish&quot;?</p><p><br /></p><p>Maybe thats why the meaning has never stuck inside my head.</p><p>And from a personal Standpoint, I felt that SMS (Special Mint Set) was more accurate.</p><p><br /></p><p>But, whatever. I guess the more refined the definitions get in conjunction with all the older slabs with old definitions out there then the more confusing it all gets.</p><p><br /></p><p>As for your list. Are you going to put a collection together into a Generic Dansco that does not have preprinted pages?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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