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The San Francisco Mint is a branch of the United States Mint. Opened in 1854 to serve the gold mines of the California gold rush, in twenty years its operations exceeded the capacity of the first building. It moved into a new one in 1874, now known as the Old San Francisco Mint. In 1937 Mint operations moved into a third building, the current ...
The eight mint marks used to distinguish coins not minted in Philadelphia are as follows, listed chronologically with date of first coinage production: D for Dahlonega Mint February 12, 1838; C for Charlotte Mint March 27, 1838; O for New Orleans Mint May 8, 1838; S for San Francisco Mint April 3, 1854; CC for Carson City Mint February 11, 1870;
In the first half of 1894, just 24 proofs of the Barber series dimes were manufactured at the San Francisco Mint. [1] [2] Why only 24 of the coins were minted is unknown. [1] The superintendent of the San Francisco Mint is said to have had them minted as gifts for some important bankers. Another theory is that the mint's annual audit showed a ...
Normally, all proof dimes produced at the San Francisco Mint bear an “S” mintmark, signifying their origin. However, in 1975, a few proof dimes were mistakenly struck without this mark.
The following mint marks indicate which mint the coin was made at ... First time San Francisco produced the cent (P) 1,620 Proof 1909 (P) 14,368,470 S 309,000
Pearlman shares that a small number of doubled die cents have been reported that were struck in 1969 at the San Francisco Mint. These rare coins come with a distinctive S mint mark below the date ...
Over the course of the series, four mint marks were used on the America the Beautiful quarters. Quarters produced at the Philadelphia and Denver Mints feature the P and D mint marks respectively. In 2010 and 2011, the San Francisco Mint (S mint mark) produced quarters exclusively for the annual Proof Set. In 2012, San Francisco started ...
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 = Carson City Mint