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Description

The listing, 1966 U.S Mint Special Mint Set ~75 fans bonus~ has ended.

All of lista was Rewarded with this auction for helping me get to 75 Fans. More Rewards are to come at regular intervals. See my comments for the history of the SMS coins. This Auction ends on my birthday May 29th. If you are not already make sure you are a fan by then. If i get to 100 lets just say it's gonna be a really nice bonus listing.
My guarantees
That every coin you receive is 100% authentic and as pictured. I don't guarantee my opinions. My auctions are straight forward; it is just how I roll. My photos are always good enough to describe the items.

Returns and Shipping
I ship first class through USPS. DC and insurance will not be provided, but are always available at the buyer’s expense. After the package is mailed it is no longer my responsibility. You as the buyer are taking the risk with your items if you don’t pay for insurance. Shipping out of the U.S will be discussed on an individual basis due to the nature of what I sell.

Rules
Flamers, spammers, whiners, grammar Nazis, and idiots are not welcome on any of my auctions. If you feel the need to post “cool”, “nice”, “great”, or another meaning less crap on my auction… DON’T! You will be banned.

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Questions & Comments

I have an old coin collection and would like to grade a couple, plus if I win a few of your auctions, I would probably want them graded as well, any suggestions on who to use for this? I live in East Alabama. Thanks, Brad

May 27th, 2010 at 5:20:17 AM PDT by

That depends really. For many people this is an extremely hot topic as many people have a favorite TPG (third party grader). I have met just as many die hard PCGS fans as i have have NGC. Those are the 2 main graders. Then their is Anacs which is cheaper , but usually not as well accepted by collectors. The first thing i would do is bring the coin to a dealer and see if it is worth paying for grading first. You don't want a pay 25$+ to get a 18$ coin graded.

May 27th, 2010 at 8:21:10 AM PDT by

this is taken from the 2010 red book discussing SMS's should tell you everything you need to know about them.
In mid-1964 the Treasury Department announced that the Mint would not offer Proof
sets or Mint sets the following year. This was prompted by a nationwide shortage of
circulating coins, which was wrongly blamed on coin collectors.
In 1966 the San Francisco Assay Office began striking coins dated 1965, for inclusion
in so-called United States Special Mint Sets. These were issued in pliofilm packaging
similar to that of recent Proof sets. The coins in early 1965 Special Mint Sets
are semi-brilliant or satiny (distinctive, but not equal in quality to Proofs); the coins
in later 1965 sets feature very brilliant fields (but again not reaching Proof brilliance ).
The San Francisco Assay Office started striking 1966-dated coins in August of that
year, and its Special Mint Sets were packaged in rigid, sonically sealed plastic holders.

May 21st, 2010 at 4:07:44 PM PDT by

The coins were struck once on unpolished planchets, unlike Proof coins (which are
struck twice on polished planchets). Also unlike Proofs, the SMS coins were allowed
to come into contact with each other during production, which accounts for minor
contact marks and abrasions. To achieve a brilliant finish, Mint technicians overpolished
the coinage dies. The result was a tradeoff: most of the coins have prooflike brilliance,
but many are missing polished-off design details, such as Frank Gasparro's
initials on the half dollar.
All 1967-dated coinage was struck in that calendar year. Nearly all SMS coins of
1967 have fully brilliant, prooflike finishes. This brilliance was achieved without overpolishing
the dies, resulting in coins that approach the quality of true Proofs. Sales of
the 1967 sets were lackluster, however. The popularity of coin collecting had dropped
from its peak in 1964. Also, collectors did not anticipate much secondary-market
profit from the sets, which had an issue price of $4.00, compared to $2.10 for a 1964
Proof set. As a result, fewer collectors bought multiples of the 1967 sets, and today
they are worth more than those of 1966 and 1965.

May 21st, 2010 at 4:08:05 PM PDT by

reserved for updates.

May 21st, 2010 at 4:13:22 PM PDT by

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May 22nd, 2010 at 5:14:17 PM PDT by

banned

May 22nd, 2010 at 10:29:10 PM PDT by

Really nice

May 23rd, 2010 at 7:51:30 AM PDT by

thanks, but this comment was borderline spam don't let it happened again.

May 23rd, 2010 at 2:10:44 PM PDT by

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May 24th, 2010 at 10:36:35 AM PDT by

why are you not? why would i want useless crap posted on my auctions. If you read my description it says to pm me with comments on my rules. you would be contributing to the "crap"

May 24th, 2010 at 1:03:44 PM PDT by

nice auction,how much do u think these coins will go for?

May 25th, 2010 at 1:25:04 PM PDT by

I don't know. what ever someone is willing to pay i guess. that is usually the general price figuring for coins.

May 25th, 2010 at 7:57:45 PM PDT by

You don't have to worry--it won't happen again--god bless

May 25th, 2010 at 2:59:07 PM PDT by

everyone makes mistakes it's what we do about them that makes the difference. =]

May 25th, 2010 at 7:56:38 PM PDT by

definitely bidding on this! and happy early bday!

May 25th, 2010 at 4:10:59 PM PDT by

thanks =]

May 25th, 2010 at 7:57:55 PM PDT by

I will be bidding towards the end. Great Auction, also i don't blame you for hidding one word comments from people just looking for credits. Also happy early birthday and YES I BECAME A FAN! I BELIEVE! :)

May 26th, 2010 at 6:27:07 AM PDT by

lol i am slowly climbing up the leader boards. Was like 20 something in the 30 day leader board for fans. I want top 10 overall though. =]

May 26th, 2010 at 10:30:10 PM PDT by

This is really a nice auction skaskankerbr! I will support ya and become a fan too! I like your rules and don't blame you one bit, good luck with this one! :~)

May 26th, 2010 at 8:08:03 AM PDT by

thanks for the support on both the auction and my rules =] I started doing it a while back after craig started banning people and ever since the amount of spam has gone down 10 fold easy.

May 26th, 2010 at 10:31:20 PM PDT by

nice auction! :)

May 26th, 2010 at 6:50:13 PM PDT by

thanks

May 26th, 2010 at 10:31:49 PM PDT by

I'm going to bid on the auction simply because I like the rules. I HATE those stupid "Nice!" comments. Why not just post "I'm a trained parrot, pushing the button for seeds."?

May 27th, 2010 at 4:46:37 AM PDT by

lol i liked that last part. They are more like crows though. Have you seen the videos on what you can teach crows by offering seeds. it's amazing.

May 27th, 2010 at 8:14:45 AM PDT by

Your coins are nice, however you had a couple of people who said nice auction and you said thanks and let them go...others you banned...if you wish to ban me go ahead but I wish you luck in your auction and may God bless you ..

May 27th, 2010 at 5:09:48 PM PDT by

i look at more than that. I look if they have a history of doing it. I check their comment count and auctions they have listed and won. I am not gonna ban every person. It would be bad business to ban people i think might bid on my auctions lol.
Some people do it all the time and spam a lot, others actually mean "nice auction" and are not just doing it for 5 credits. That would be like me spamming for credits. I have 21k credits i don't even notice 5 here or there.
Thanks for checking out the auction though

May 27th, 2010 at 8:39:43 PM PDT by

1966 U.S Mint Special Mint Set ~75 fans bonus~ is in the Collectibles | Coins category