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<p>[QUOTE="Conder101, post: 1126018, member: 66"]In general yes, but a quality business strike can't always be told from a lower end SMS coin.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>No.</p><p><br /></p><p>The problem was that once the mint started putting out coins that didn't fit into the regular catagories of Business Strike or Proof they didn't know how to label them. So some were called Matte Proof, some were called Specimen, and sometimes they just labeled them as SMS meaning they came from "Special" Mint Sets (more properly Special Sets from the Mint). Then the satin finish pieces came along and by now all labeling is up in the air witht he satin finish coins sometimes being called Satin Finish and some times being labeled SMS.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Conder101, post: 1126018, member: 66"]In general yes, but a quality business strike can't always be told from a lower end SMS coin. No. The problem was that once the mint started putting out coins that didn't fit into the regular catagories of Business Strike or Proof they didn't know how to label them. So some were called Matte Proof, some were called Specimen, and sometimes they just labeled them as SMS meaning they came from "Special" Mint Sets (more properly Special Sets from the Mint). Then the satin finish pieces came along and by now all labeling is up in the air witht he satin finish coins sometimes being called Satin Finish and some times being labeled SMS.[/QUOTE]
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