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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;gbroke, post: 1474169, member: 22585&quot;]Well, here&#039;s the deal.</p><p>I had this marked in my software as a business strike, not a SMS.</p><p>So if it is a business strike, a 66 would be one heck of a grade, and worth 10x&#039;s that of it&#039;s sms counterpart.</p><p><br /></p><p>After doing some research on how to tell the difference between a SMS and a BS, it really made me even more confused.</p><p><br /></p><p>From what I could gather, even the TPGS cannot tell the difference. They will generally always label it as an SMS. </p><p>I really find it hard to believe that there aren&#039;t some die markers or other indicators to determine this. </p><p>Collectors always say the same thing...&quot;You can just look at the coin and tell if it&#039;s an SMS&quot;.</p><p>I obviously completely disagree on that since it is not apparent to me. Now the ones I have marked as SMS, which were pulled directly from the SMS sets, are very obvious they are indeed SMS.</p><p>But trying to tell the difference between a high grade business strike, and an SMS is beyond my scope. I still think the one I posted is a busniess strike. This being because of very small marks here and there on the coin, that otherwise wouldn&#039;t be t here if it were a SMS.</p><p><br /></p><p>That would frustrate me to no end if I send in a business strike and it came back labeled a SMS.</p><p>Am I making sense? I doubt it.</p><p><br /></p><p>What do ya&#039;ll think? Any thoughts or information regarding this?</p><p><br /></p><p>Here are the comparisons from what I have:</p><p><br /></p><p><b>SMS for sure:</b></p><p><img src="http://memberitemcdn.thecoinnection.com/shared_ii118113124fa631a2a0f6f.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Business strike for sure:</b> Notice the markings on the tail feathers? They also are seen on the one following this. Which I believe are die chips.</p><p><img src="http://memberitemcdn.thecoinnection.com/shared_ii117324384f9a2e712c33a.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Coin in question</b> (which I marked as business strike)</p><p><img src="http://memberitemcdn.thecoinnection.com/shared_ii117334024f9a2e8b169ee.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>-greg[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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