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Matron Head large cent, 1816–1839 (Copper except as noted) Year Mint Mintage Comments 1816 (P) 2,820,982 1817 (P) 3,948,400 (P) 5 Proof 1818
The following mint marks indicate which mint the coin was made at ... Small/large stars, 50 over 20, and Bearded Liberty varieties. 1808 (P) 1,368,600 1809
The following mint marks indicate which mint the coin was made at ... Small and Large date varieties D 1,580,884,000 Small and Large date varieties (P) 1,691,602
Mint marks were first developed to locate a problem. If a coin was underweight, or overweight, the mint mark would immediately tell where the coin was minted, and the problem could be located and fixed. Another problem which could occur would be a dishonest mint official debasing the coin, or putting less precious metal in the coin than specified.
A set of proof coins packaged and sold by the mint. [1] punch mark A coin struck from "punching" the coin with symbols or a seal, e.g. five punch marked coins of ancient India. Punch marks generally represent animals, tree, hills, and human figures. These coins were issued by royal authority and generally marked with banker's punches on the ...
His request was met, in Philadelphia, but there was only enough time remaining in the year to mint 1,825,000 coins, aka, 1909-S coins. These coins aren’t as rare as 1909-S VDB coins, so they do ...
The following mint marks indicate which mint the coin was made at ... Large S over small S overmark errors are known. [52] (P) 30 [53] Proof 1857 (P) 9,644,000 O
A Guide Book of United States Coins (the Red Book) is the longest running price guide for U.S. coins. Across all formats, 24 million copies have been sold. [2] The first edition, dated 1947, went on sale in November 1946. Except for a one-year hiatus in 1950, publication has continued to the present.