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Are Privy Marks Raised Or Incuse?

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I have wondered this for a while, and the new 250k for the 250th quarters have me wondering again. Are privy marks on U.S. coins raised, incuse, or a mixture of both?

The impression that I had from the WWII 75th quarters was that the feature was incuse, sitting below the fields within that irregular outline.
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That's a great question. Seems like either nobody knows or they're busy searching rolls. I'll check back in a few hours. I suspect it depends on the issue but the laziness of the US Mint is going to go with raised.
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i don't know the answer to this, but I thought that it could be either or both. are there specific guidelines governing a privy mark?
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When I mentioned the 250k for the 250th treasure hunt to the credit union customer service rep, his first question was, "What stops somebody from just punching a privy mark into a normal coin?" That's what got me researching, but the quality of results dredged up by Google was poor and conflicting.
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Even if not incuse, the fact that we are asking the question means most do not know and would fall for a pricey hand-punched example
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