Apologies in advance for all the pictures & poor lighting/color changes! All the photos towards the end are of the same penny, I just don't have a proper light setup so some colors and angles look off/warped/more 'shiny/neon' than in real life! 
Posted 05/28/2020 06:52 am
An SMS coin from my knowledge is pretty much a proof strike with dies that weren't prepared for proof coins. As a result though you will have a coin with sharp details and we'll defined rim, and a "squared" edge.
I believe you have a well struck 1964 cent but not a SMS cent. If you look at your pictures of the SMS cent on here you'll notice the edge of the coin is really straight and flat like a well made car rim. What I see on yours is its not sharp and straight enough.
Look at any proof cents edge. This is what the SMS cents all have too. The press was set at a much higher tonnage for the SMS strikes, that of the proof strikes. The edge will be true and squared like a proof cent is and still this isn't a guarantee it will be a 64SMS, just if it doest have that it can't be one.
I believe you have a well struck 1964 cent but not a SMS cent. If you look at your pictures of the SMS cent on here you'll notice the edge of the coin is really straight and flat like a well made car rim. What I see on yours is its not sharp and straight enough.
Look at any proof cents edge. This is what the SMS cents all have too. The press was set at a much higher tonnage for the SMS strikes, that of the proof strikes. The edge will be true and squared like a proof cent is and still this isn't a guarantee it will be a 64SMS, just if it doest have that it can't be one.
