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<p>[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 1467138, member: 112"]True, but there's a bit more to it than that. </p><p><br /></p><p>For years before the mint had sold annual Mint Sets (business strikes) and annual Proof Sets (Proof strikes). But in '65 they stopped selling both. Instead they sold what they called Special Mint Sets. This name was to differentiate the sets from the Mint Sets and Proofs Sets of previous years, decades really. The mint was attempting to change what they offered to collectors.</p><p><br /></p><p>But after 2 years of the SMS sets and more complaints than they had ever had, the mint decided to go back to the way it was. They were too far along to produce Mint Sets and Proof Sets in '67 so they went ahead and produced the SMS in '67. But by '68 things were back to normal.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 1467138, member: 112"]True, but there's a bit more to it than that. For years before the mint had sold annual Mint Sets (business strikes) and annual Proof Sets (Proof strikes). But in '65 they stopped selling both. Instead they sold what they called Special Mint Sets. This name was to differentiate the sets from the Mint Sets and Proofs Sets of previous years, decades really. The mint was attempting to change what they offered to collectors. But after 2 years of the SMS sets and more complaints than they had ever had, the mint decided to go back to the way it was. They were too far along to produce Mint Sets and Proof Sets in '67 so they went ahead and produced the SMS in '67. But by '68 things were back to normal.[/QUOTE]
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