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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Leadfoot, post: 286588, member: 2972&quot;]The SMS coins from the mid 60&#039;s, in my experience, most closely resemble proof coins.&nbsp; IIRC, they were struck once with business strike planchets using proof dies.&nbsp; As a result, they will have mirrored fields and some have cameoed devices, just like a proof.&nbsp; Later die states have weaker mirrors and little to no cameo appearnace.&nbsp; By way of example, here&#039;s a SMS coin:</p><p><br /></p><p>(please excuse crappy white-balance)</p><p><img src="http://www.pbase.com/miker/image/51176678/medium.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><img src="http://www.pbase.com/miker/image/51176688/medium.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Said simply, SMS coins look like proofs, at least to this idiot, but I am anything but an expert on SMS coins...Mike[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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