Here we offer a 1965 Lincoln One Cent Coin from a Special
Mint Set. It was minted at the Philadelphia and the SanFrancisco Mint.
Special Mint Sets were issued as partial substitutes for
Proof Sets during the first 3 years of the transition from silver to clad
coinage. SMS coins were of higher quality than regular circulation coins but
were not polished and specially struck like Proofs.
Officially the Mint said they wanted to free up coin presses
to help meet the demand for clad coins as silver was withdrawn, but there was
suspicion that they did not have the technology to strike proofs in clad metal
because it's much harder than silver.
1965 SMS 1C MS Lincoln Cents, Memorial Reverse
Mint: San Francisco
Mintage: 2,360,000
Obverse Designer: Victor D. Brenner
Reverse Designer: Frank Gasparro
Composition: Brass
Weight: 3.1100g
Diameter: 19mm
Edge: Plain
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