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karloning Valued Member Australia 401 Posts	Posted 07/22/2016 06:22 am I was scrolling through the noodling finds of the week and there are a few mint marked dollar coins found "in the wild". I collect and keep 50 of each coin of each year and want to check them out for mint marks. Has anyone compiled a list of where, on the dollar coins, the mint marks are located? Report this Post to the Staff

karloning Valued Member Australia 401 Posts	Posted 07/22/2016 10:52 pm I answered my own question for the 1997 dollar coin. I re-noodled all of my commemorative dollars and found a C mintmark Kingsford Smith dollar. Not sure how that slipped past me when I first kept it. Report this Post to the Staff
karloning Valued Member Australia 401 Posts	Posted 07/22/2016 10:56 pm And I had collected these over the years and assumed they were from mint sets - but now I am on a roll and inspected them and found they are all C mintmarked coins. What is it about C mintmarks making their way the Perth? Report this Post to the Staff
karloning Valued Member Australia 401 Posts	Posted 07/22/2016 11:07 pm Which begs the question. Are all of my finds - just sets purchased from the mint, and they have escaped from someone's collection into the wild - or are they from open days? Are mintmarked dollar coins from open days the same as the circulating coin of that year? Report this Post to the Staff
Nevol Formerly nancyc Australia 5385 Posts	Posted 07/23/2016 5:36 pm Generally speaking, the following are descriptions of the RAM's Mint Marks: MINT MARK - RAISED C - No surround - RAM Available from RAM & Coin Dealers etc. COUNTERSTAMP - INCUSED Circle surrounding Raised Letter - Portable Press Only available at ANDA Shows & Royal Easter Show, Sydney. PRIVY MARK - Square surrounding INCUSED Letter -RAM Readily available from RAM & Coin Dealers etc. I'm not sure if the 'Privy Mark' is still being used. I don't buy much from RAM, so it may be in use, just that I don't see much evidence of it. life is a mystery to be lived not a problem to be solved Report this Post to the Staff
karloning Valued Member Australia 401 Posts	Posted 07/23/2016 11:26 pm Thanks Nancy. It seems then that 4 of mine are from RAM singles or sets and 2 are from ANDA shows. Edited by karloning 07/23/2016 11:51 pm Report this Post to the Staff
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