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<p>[QUOTE="Kirkuleez, post: 2620162, member: 36864"]I was hoping that some others would post some images as well, but that's alright, I'll keep going...</p><p><br /></p><p>It's not too often that I learn anything new or surprising about modern US coins, but this was something that I never realized. The SMS sets were minted in San Francisco and don't have a mintmark denoting it. Am I the only one just realizing this? I am really half tempted to cut this one open to show how nice these coins are, but I think that I will leave it intact. They can leave a bit to be desired in terms of quality sometimes, but this lovely 1965 set must have been minted on mostly fresh dies. The nickle, dime and quarter all have nice proof-like surfaces and the half and cent round the set out quite nicely. Thank you for your generosity and for the addition to my numismatic knowledge [USER=34882]@Blissskr[/USER].</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]574626[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Kirkuleez, post: 2620162, member: 36864"]I was hoping that some others would post some images as well, but that's alright, I'll keep going... It's not too often that I learn anything new or surprising about modern US coins, but this was something that I never realized. The SMS sets were minted in San Francisco and don't have a mintmark denoting it. Am I the only one just realizing this? I am really half tempted to cut this one open to show how nice these coins are, but I think that I will leave it intact. They can leave a bit to be desired in terms of quality sometimes, but this lovely 1965 set must have been minted on mostly fresh dies. The nickle, dime and quarter all have nice proof-like surfaces and the half and cent round the set out quite nicely. Thank you for your generosity and for the addition to my numismatic knowledge [USER=34882]@Blissskr[/USER]. [ATTACH=full]574626[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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