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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Jim Johns, post: 2525177, member: 78172&quot;]In all seriousness though, what&#039;s that mean when you say it? To me, it the exact description of the SMS coins. Minus their markers that they bring up on whichever auction at the time. To me, the striations in the fields lead me to believe they were struck on refinished dies. Other years of silver coins known to be struck from refinished dies and striations like those found on coins like the few over date Buffalo Nickels are where I drew that conclusion and yet again I could be wrong but it has been pointed out in the description of the SMS Coins for 1964 that they were undoubtedly struck from refinished dies. The only reason it seems impossible to ever know is because to some, it looks like a proof, to others average uncirculated. Then the few who see what I see and can agree they are somewhere in between. If they had no luster or their wider than average cartwheel, I&#039;d think maybe they were polished straight from the mint set and then toned, but they aren&#039;t fully mirrored. Only the devices. So perfectly that there is clear contrast but maybe somebody was just that good at polishing tiny details. Crazy...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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