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jdheyne Pillar of the Community United States 772 Posts	Posted 03/23/2006 6:35 pm Yet another variety... This is about the best mintmark shot I got... You can see the horizontal line going through the D... but appears to be going the wrong way. At the bottom of the D, it appears to be doubled... So I do not know what is up with this guy. I am going to keep trying for better pictures of the mintmark. Report this Post to the Staff

jdheyne Pillar of the Community United States 772 Posts	Posted 03/23/2006 7:12 pm Here is another mintmark pic... kinda blurry but you can see it a little better. Notice the outlining along the bottom? Watcha think? Report this Post to the Staff
Bryan1315 Bedrock of the Community United States 14454 Posts	Posted 03/25/2006 4:16 pm seems to me a "S" would have a slant the other way, I know my O/S coins I have here are going the opposite way atleast and I have 4 of them one is a broken "S" but still the slant is going the opposite way it is going on your coin Report this Post to the Staff
jdheyne Pillar of the Community United States 772 Posts	Posted 03/26/2006 11:29 pm Possibly an inverted S? Report this Post to the Staff
coppercoins Pillar of the Community United States 7629 Posts	Posted 03/27/2006 03:40 am An inverted S would have the same shape as a normal S. The image is too small and blurry to tell anything for sure. Report this Post to the Staff
jdheyne Pillar of the Community United States 772 Posts	Posted 03/27/2006 08:07 am Well I guess it depends how it was inverted? If you flip the left to the right, it would produce a backwards S? Is there an exact flip whenever something is inverted? Like from top to bottom, or something like that. Hopefully I am making some sense. I was planning on taking more pics over the weekend but did not have time. Hopefully I will the first part of this week. Edited by jdheyne 03/27/2006 08:10 am Report this Post to the Staff
coppercoins Pillar of the Community United States 7629 Posts	Posted 03/27/2006 09:51 am Umm, mintmarks are metal punches. They were punched into the dies using a mallet. Take anything 3-D in the shape of an S and turn it all you like, and you still have an S....not a Z. "Flipping" a mintmark punch like a pancake from side to side is impossible...there was only one side to them. Report this Post to the Staff
jdheyne Pillar of the Community United States 772 Posts	Posted 03/27/2006 10:28 am I see. I did not know that. Thanks for the info. Report this Post to the Staff
jdheyne Pillar of the Community United States 772 Posts	Posted 04/06/2006 09:26 am Actually, it is a Repunched D. The slant on the inside was due to dirt. I could not notice that until I put it under the microscope. Report this Post to the Staff
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