Here we offer a 48 Coin Lot 1965 1966 1967 Lincoln One Cent Coin from a Special Mint Set. It was minted at the Philadelphia and the San Francisco Mint.

 

These coins are mostly blemished (LESS THAN PERFECT)

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Officially the Mint said they wanted to free up coin presses to help meet the demand for clad coins as silver was withdrawn, but there was suspicion that they did not have the technology to strike proofs in clad metal because it's much harder than silver.

Special Mint Set Coins SMS 1C MS Lincoln Cents, Memorial Reverse

Mint: Philadelphia

Obverse Designer: Victor D. Brenner

Reverse Designer: Frank Gasparro

Composition: Brass

Weight: 3.1100g

Diameter: 19mm

Edge: Plain

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