Images of a 1965 SMS Kennedy I picked up recently.

Russ

The obverse on this one has the deepest mirrors I've ever seen on a '65 SMS. Even deeper than the one that is in my set, and it's a damned nice coin. Here's a shot of the obverse showing the reflection of the logo on my business card:



For those who aren't familiar with this coin, it is very rare to find mirrors like this on one of these.

Unfortunately, there are substantial die polish lines just to the right of the portrait on the obverse. The reverse mirrors are not as strong as the obverse, and there's a nasty scratch running from the bottom of the arrows to one of the stars. The coin also has some glue spotting.

Russ, NCNE

mbbiker

WOW that is a beautiful coin, even with the problems it's still a great coin. did you cherrypick it from a set?

KlectorKid

Great mirrors! To bad about the spot and that nasty scratch.

CLASSICS

i can see myself in it, really nice.

relayer

That's shinier than most of the proof coins of that era

RGL

Pretty coin, unfortunate about the problems. But, extended die runs, dumped in bins like circ coinage, etc ... 1965 SMS are a bear in all series ... I consider myself lucky to have made a MS-66 CAM JFK.

ksteelheader

Send it to me for proper disposal................Ken

cladking

Very nice. Most impressive.

You'll look at a lot of sets before you'll find one nicer.

DHeath

Makes one dream of what might of been, huh. One day, you'll be bleary-eyed from late night sniping when the postman will come bearing a box of unopened 1965 SMS sets. You'll peel open the second set and spy a dcam 65 that looks like an 82. Once you recover from the palpitations, you'll drive it down to Newport Beach, choosing to stay at the Hotel Del (knowing of course that you are soon to be annointed). .......I'll let you choose the ending.


BTW - What are you doing messing with "MY" 65 sets. You're a 64 man.

PhillyJoe

Don, I think it's important for Russ to be distracted once in a while for the sake of the rest of us. Russ, I checked and there are no more '64s worth going after so you can stop looking. If I see one I'll let you know right away.

Joe

redhott

Your most informative post is greatly appreciated, thank you!