PCGS Graders insist my 66 Roosevelt is a SMS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

misterR

Bought an original roll of 1966 dimes, sent in the best, the graders insist that these are SMS. Have received the grade of 67 twice and both times holder says SMS. Regular business strike 66 dime in 67 is worth about $40, SMS 66 dime in 67 is worth about $10. How do I prove to the graders that these are regular business strikes and not SMS? Has anyone else run into this problem?

CLASSICS

the roll you bought..was it an original paper bank wrapped roll, or did it come in a plastic tube.

misterR

It was an old plastic tube like the oldtimers used back in the sixties when roll collecting was the craze. All the coins in the roll are very sharp strikes. Roll was sealed with paper tape and labeled like all the other rolls I bought from the same dealer. What are the odds that someone back then broke up 50 SMS sets and put the dimes in a roll?

Placid

Ask Russ

itsnotjustme

I'd say this statement makes it more likely they are SMS.

<< <i>All the coins in the roll are very sharp strikes. >>

misterR

Here is one from the same roll that came back not SMS! cert#90044007 1966 Roosevelt dime PCGS 67 Calling Russ, what do you know about this?

misterR

So if you find some exceptional 65, 66 or 67 coins and you send them in for grading be aware that you might end up with a not so valuable SMS. That's the name of that tune.

segoja

I have a 1965 Half like that. Grade MS67 but SMS.

Bought the coin raw, and the coin has no mirrors at all. I know that the 65's come with no mirrors, but I was alswasy told that the difference is that when you hold the coin on the edge and roll the reeding around, that an SMS will feel sharp and sticky. The true MS will not.

The difference is that the SMS were made with some special care, and the MS were not, thus the more square sticky edges on SMS nad the more rounded edge on MS.

Not sure how to resolve with PCGS, but I'm goign to try at FUN.

James

misterR

Good luck. I'm going to try and get help from someone different at PCGS if this happens again.