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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Caleb, post: 1389324, member: 32795&quot;]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #222222"><font face="Verdana">I have laughed enough.&nbsp; SP and SMS do not mean the same. SP doesn’t even mean the same thing at PCGS as it does to NGC.</font></span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #222222"><font face="Verdana">SMS stands for “Special Mint Set” which was produced in 1966 – 1967 (All 1965 SMS were produced in 1966).</font></span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #222222"><font face="Verdana">SP at PCGS stands for “Special Strikes” which they use now for several different types of coins minted in the United States (i.e. 1998-S Mattie Kennedy half dollar, all modern coins coming from Satin Finish mint sets, coins from the 1965 – 1967 Special Mint Sets, even the 1994 and 1997 Jefferson nickels that were in the collectors commemorative sets for those years).</font></span></p><p><span style="color: #222222"><font face="Verdana">&nbsp; </font></span></p><p><span style="color: #222222"><font face="Verdana">SP at NGC stands for “Specimen”, and they use it for coins like the 2000 Cherrio Sac dollar.</font></span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #222222"><font face="Verdana">Thanks for the third laugh.</font></span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #222222"><font face="Verdana">Here ends the lesson.</font></span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #222222"><font face="Verdana">PS.&nbsp; Read the description of the Auction house?&nbsp; Why?&nbsp; They are in business to hype the coin in the best possible light trying to get the suckers to part with their money.&nbsp; I would rather deal in facts. </font></span>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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