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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.
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
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
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 ...
The result of the large mintages were due to a widespread shortage of small change that was blamed on coin collectors. [3] the following year, The Coinage Act of 1965 removed all mint marks from nickels that were issued by the mints, this lasted until 1968 when the mintmark was moved from the reverse to the obverse side of the coin. [4]
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 ...
Mintmaster marks appear from the late Middle Ages. They were largely superseded in the second half of the 19th century by mint marks in the form of a letter to designate the mint. France (Paris Mint) first replaced mintmaster marks with mint marks to designate the mint as early as the 16th century. The Berlin Mint has used the A mint mark since ...