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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 ]
You don’t usually see errors with proof coins, but there are exceptions. One involved 1975 dime proof sets, which that lacked an “S” mintmark (from the San Francisco Mint).
6. 1982 and 1983 Roosevelt Dimes, No Mint Mark Some dimes from 1982 and 1983 were minted without a mint mark, and these varieties can be of interest to collectors.
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.
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 ...
The small eagle on the reverse was added as an afterthought, when Mint officials realized that the Coinage Act of 1873 required one to be displayed on all coins of greater value than the dime. [9] The Mint sought comments on the designs from the Commission of Fine Arts, which was provided with a lead striking of the obverse and a view of the ...
According to PCGS (Professional Coin Grading Service) price guide editor Jaime Hernandez, only about 150,000 Roosevelt dimes were released in Philadelphia in 1982 without a mint mark.
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 ...
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