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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Conder101, post: 287205, member: 66&quot;]Both.&nbsp; As elaborated by others here, even the TPG&#039;s can&#039;t always tell on either the 1960&#039;s or the more recent mint set pieces.&nbsp; Often coins that are resubmitted change their designation, and there have been cases where a really sharp coin taken from OBW rolls from the 60&#039;s comes back as SMS when submitted.</p><p><br /></p><p>Sure an SMS coin struck from new dies that looks a lot like a proof is easy to identify as an SMS coin.&nbsp; But telling a well struck business strike from an average quality SMS coin is purt near impossible.</p><p><br /></p><p>Likewise telling an lower quality modern post 2005 mint set coin that is missing the satin finish from a business strike is often impossible.&nbsp; Especially since some business strikes also seem to have satin finishes as well.&nbsp; Their is money to be made in searching recent mint sets for the non-satin finish coins and getting them slabbed as high grade normal business strikes.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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