1900-D Indian Head Penny

52raymo it is barely visible in both photos but it shifted closer to the O for some reason. look for the outline of the D to the bottom left corner of the O I went Max zoom and I ain't doing that again it was causing me problems just trying to hold the camera steady while at the same time trying to hold my 70 lumen LED flashlight on it to get more light.

Now it looks like an S in the close-up photo.

Well these are Bronze coins so I don't know if they are cast or not so these are probably pockmarks from the casting process. I'm still thinking the D was from a altered die there is just too much going on for it to be a counter stamp. What type of Die was used for the bronze planchettes versus the prior copper planchettes?

I honestly don't know what they did with the equipment after the Dalohogna mint closed. But I highly doubt the equipment was scrapped the government back in the late 19th century probably reused a lot of the Dalohogana equipment and were probably installed in the new Denver Mint back in 1906. And the punches would have still been in use till 1907 when the new dies were put into production with the new miniaturization equipment that just came out in 1907. And this is a 1900 IHC not 1901.


BTW I checked coins from Dalohogana online and the size and font style are very similar if not the same to the mark on my coin. I am wondering if it was possible that the Philadelphia Mint was experimenting to see if the the punches would work on the new dies or someone messed up and put it in the wrong spot on the die. But as for PMD the location of the D and lack of any damage to the bust and devices rule out anything done by hand it is just to precise a strike to have been done by hand and the coin wasn't deformed in any way.

If it was a 1909-S it would be worth submitting.

Since it isn't, put it en an album.

uh-oh. I see the tomahawk. Should I be worried?

Incorrect, the blanks are punched from alloy sheets- there is no casting involved in the coin minting process.


I do not even understand your question Bronze planchets had been in use since 1864, copper planchets were only used for large cents.


The Dahlonega Mint was controlled by the Confederate Government during the Civil War. I cannot say for sure but I would bet that anything of use in the mint building was repurposed for the war effort once the Confederates figured out that they did not have the capability to mass produce coinage. The building sat abandoned until 1873 when it became the campus of North Georgia College. The Dahlonega Mint equipment was installed in 1837, there is virtually no chance they recycled any of that ancient decrepit equipment for the new Denver Mint.

Tool steel just like they used for all their coins.