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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;messydesk, post: 2137285, member: 1765&quot;]The coins have a different finish to them from business strikes.&nbsp; That&#039;s how you tell they came from a SMS.&nbsp; In some cases, it may be difficult to tell a late die stage SMS coin from an early die stage business strike, but usually in this case it&#039;s the business strike being mistaken for an SMS coin, much to the chagrin of someone submitting their 1967 half to a TPG hoping for a $4000 MS67 grade and getting a $40 SP67 (the grade assigned to an SMS coin) instead.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>CONECA has cataloged doubled dies, along with their die markers, for modern coins, designating whether they are business strikes or SMS coins.&nbsp; In many cases, you could use these to disambiguate between the two, but this is only if it&#039;s not obvious by looking at the coin.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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