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Message:: [QUOTE="Fallguy, post: 3350942, member: 84739"]Darn, lost most of my reply so I'll just give the basics: Assuming the last 2 photos are of your coin then they contain a distinctive marker that is absent from any of the 64 SMS Quarters that I've seen. This marker is the obvious die crack that runs from the tip of the middle bar of the "E" (in UNITED), down through the base of the "T" (also in "UNITED"), and enters the Wing at a point near the base of the "I". Given the apparent fact that there were so few of these 64 SMS Quarters coined, it would seem implausible (I didn't say impossible) that the die would have cracked just before it struck your coin (if it was an SMS). I would feel that this, along with the preponderance of the facts given to date on this issue would lead a reasonable mind to conclude that your coin is not a SMS. I would like to note however, that I do like your willingness to dig deeper into your investigations rather than just scratch the surface, and; as importantly not to be thwarted with any "no it ain't so" responses! Lord only knows where we would be if the Luminaries of History had given in to a simple "No". Semper Fidelis[/QUOTE]