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Message:: [QUOTE="Blissskr, post: 2271495, member: 34882"]I think the only SMS 64's that ended up out in the wild all came through the former mint directors estate. I mean it's possible that some ended up being distributed in the normal distribution of coinage but I'd think the probability of them being in a proof set wouldn't be as great as that of being in a regular mint set. I mean since the SMS coins clearly aren't proofs I doubt the mint would have used them to mint coins then distributed in proof sets. Although since the SMS coins closely resemble business strikes; I could see the mint having reused the dies they struck the known 64 SMS sets with to continue striking business strike coinage. In a way similar to the reusing of proof quarter dies on business strike coinage that resulted in type B reverses, etc. It's just a theory on my end though no concrete evidence.[/QUOTE]