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A well known example of a small mint mark is 1945-S "Micro S" U.S. Mercury dime, when the mint used an old puncheon intended for Philippines coins. [14] A much rarer example is the 1892-O "Micro O" U.S. Barber half dollar , which may have come about from the brief use of a mintmark puncheon intended for the quarter. [ 15 ]
Strike Errors: “Striking” is a part of the minting process when the design from the die is impressed onto the coin. Strike errors include off-center or misaligned strikes and designs struck on ...
Most U.S. coins are minted for circulation or as collector coins at three production facilities: Denver, Philadelphia and San Francisco (the West Point mint ceased making coins in 2021).
Jitalia17/istockphotoSome of the rarest and most valuable coins in U.S. history owe their worth to minting errors that slipped through unnoticed. Coins like the 1943 Copper Penny, struck in copper ...
Before 1990, all US coin dies were subject to mint mark errors resulting from the preparation of the dies. The mint mark was hammered into the die manually sometimes causing a die to have a doubling. In the minting process this would create a series of coins with a distinct of slight doubling of the mint mark.
Below are the mintage figures for the Washington quarter. The following mint marks indicate which mint the coin was made at (parentheses indicate a lack of a mint mark): P = Philadelphia Mint. D = Denver Mint. S = San Francisco Mint
Below are the mintage figures for the United States quarter up to 1930, before the Washington quarter design was introduced. The following mint marks indicate which mint the coin was made at (parentheses indicate a lack of a mint mark): P = Philadelphia Mint. D = Denver Mint. S = San Francisco Mint. W = West Point Mint. O = New Orleans Mint. CC ...
The dime, struck by the U.S. Mint in San Francisco in 1975, is so valuable because it is just one of two dimes missing an "S" mark for San Francisco. Ohio sisters inherit dime with an obvious ...