2005 D 1 Cent PCGS Graded With An SP Designation

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Goodstuff1 New Member United States 38 Posts	Posted 12/08/2020 10:06 am Does the SP Designation on this graded coin have any special significance other than the high grade? I know that it is a modern coin but is it more of a rarity because it has a Satin Finish, and, possibly more valuable? Report this Post to the Staff

That Coin Dude Pillar of the Community United States 1427 Posts	Posted 12/08/2020 10:17 am SP just means special strike. In this case it was satin finish. Report this Post to the Staff
BigSilver Pillar of the Community United States 2843 Posts	Posted 12/08/2020 10:22 am It is actually less valuable. Since the special strikes are generally better treated than the business strikes, a 69 is not uncommon at all. It has a PCGS price guide value of $16. In contrast, there doesn't even exist a PCGS MS69. An MS68* has a guide value of $1,500. Edited by BigSilver 12/08/2020 10:26 am Report this Post to the Staff
Goodstuff1 New Member United States 38 Posts	Posted 12/08/2020 10:36 am I had it graded a year and a half ago and I have noticed that PCGS has the 68 Grade coin value at 1500. Shouldn't it be shown in the PCGS population? Report this Post to the Staff
BigSilver Pillar of the Community United States 2843 Posts	Posted 12/08/2020 11:11 am Quote: I had it graded a year and a half ago and I have noticed that PCGS has the 68 Grade coin value at 1500. Shouldn't it be shown in the PCGS population? Again, you are confusing the MS and the SP graded populations. The link below is to the SP pop. Your coin is likely one of the 490 graded 69. https://www.PCGS.com/coinfacts/coin...ish-rd/93193 The link below is to the MS pop. There are none graded at 69 and only 4 at 68. https://www.PCGS.com/coinfacts/coin...d-1c-rd/3193 Report this Post to the Staff
Goodstuff1 New Member United States 38 Posts	Posted 12/08/2020 11:18 am Thank you! Report this Post to the Staff
Ballyhoo Pillar of the Community United States 1613 Posts	Posted 12/09/2020 10:07 am Welcome to the forum. I believe the SP means Satin Proof, in which case it may add more confusion. Even though the cent originated from a mint set, not a proof set. Thereby, BigSilver is correct. The third party grading firms treat these separately from MS grades. Glad that you asked. ANA member - PAN Member - BCCS Member There are no problems only solutions - the late, great John Lennon Report this Post to the Staff
jbuck Moderator United States 187564 Posts	Posted 12/09/2020 10:51 am SP is specimen. They have used it before, like on the 1998-S Matte Proof Kennedy half dollars. From 2005 to 2011 the uncirculated mint sets contained satin finish coins which were significantly different enough from normal business strikes to qualify as a specimen strike. Coin Collector Since 1978 Avatar Old Avatar 7070 Eisenhower Australia Canada World CCF Members on eBay CCF eBay Search Engine Report this Post to the Staff
Rothery Pillar of the Community 2145 Posts	Posted 12/09/2020 11:10 am Interesting - great information! Report this Post to the Staff
Big-Kingdom Pillar of the Community United States 1667 Posts	Posted 12/11/2020 12:54 pm THe business strikes from 2005-2010 are all graded MS, the coins from the mint sets from those years, since they were all done with a Satin Finish, are graded with SP instead of MS in most cases to avoid the confusion. There are some early labels by PCGS that have a "Satin Finish" TM/ branded logo on it that are graded as MS on the slab though, so you have to be careful because I think it's confusing to novices which one it is. The Mint set satin finish coins are common in SP/MS69. However in actual Business Strike MS for circulation use coins, you'd be hard pressed to do better than MS67. The 2011 set is a normal "business Strike" finish again, they just did it for those 6 sets in Satin from 2005-2010. Report this Post to the Staff
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