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silvercoinrn Pillar of the Community United States 863 Posts	Posted 04/03/2012 8:50 pm Why does it seem that coins are often worth more when they are from that mint? Report this Post to the Staff

Conder101 Bedrock of the Community United States 17884 Posts	Posted 04/03/2012 9:45 pm In general mintages are smaller, and years ago when they were producing coins for circulation it would take a long time for them to cross the country to where most of the collectors were in the east. This meant that finding any San Francisco coin in circulation was an unusual event. This gave the S mint coins a mystique, although a probably undeserved one. Report this Post to the Staff
january1may Pillar of the Community Russian Federation 5172 Posts	Posted 04/04/2012 01:34 am Quote: This gave the S mint coins a mystique, although a probably undeserved one. - certainly undeserved I have three San Francisco mint coins in my collection, and two of them are the only examples of their types there - 1941 Walker half and 1923 Peace dollar respectively. (The third is a 1945 Mercury dime, and I have exactly one more Mercury dime in my collection - in a lower grade at that.) Report this Post to the Staff
argentum Pillar of the Community United States 1195 Posts	Posted 04/04/2012 10:43 am A California native, I favor the San Francisco mint because I find ot just cool that there WAS a mint in California producing coins for circulation. Ergo, my personalized collections list S, D, then P mints. Report this Post to the Staff
just carl Bedrock of the Community United States 20753 Posts	Posted 04/05/2012 08:33 am Several reasons. One is since everyone knows that an eventual Earthquake will make California sink, all coins from there will be more of a novelty than ever. Since California is so far away from civilazation, the gas used in trucks and cars to get their coins to the rest of the country makes them worth more. That little S for a Mint mark has always been to difficult to read so a value on any coin that has a readable S is worth more. They started making coins late in our history and finally just gave up except for proofs. Report this Post to the Staff
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