SMS Cameo

Iwog

I was robbed! I finally sent the SMS Kennedy I posted last year in for slabbification. I thought for sure this would make DCAM but oh well.

LucyBop

Looking at your image it seems the frost is there, Deep Cam coins need deep convincing mirrors which cannot be seen from the photos. This maybe were PCGs dinged you.

buc

Here are two examples from Rick Tomaska's Finest Known Library, 1965 SMS DCAM 1967 SMS DCAM After I looked at these two I realized why the 1967 SMS I sent in came back CAM.

Russ

Iwog,

Lucy is correct. It looks like it missed DCAM because it came up short in mirror depth. PCGS places huge emphasis on the mirrors - they like them to look like obsidian.

That's still a damned nice coin without regard for the designation.

Russ, NCNE

LucyBop

Those images that Buc has linked really show how a deep cameo coin has a awesome black and white contrast..... those coins are knockout stunners!