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CentHunter New Member United States 9 Posts	Posted 03/30/2018 04:22 am I'm trying to find information on these two mint marks. Report this Post to the Staff

John1 Moderator United States 56855 Posts	Posted 03/30/2018 04:29 am to CCF. I think only one MM style was used in 1985. Placement varies because until 1990 MM's were hand placed on each working die. What is your exact question about the MM? John1 Report this Post to the Staff
Rich C New Member United States 22 Posts	Posted 03/30/2018 05:11 am looks like the left D is slightly thinner and doesn't have the "tails" to the left of the D... but if I'm not mistaken the 80s had all types of striking problems with the new mix of metals could be that or many things. Report this Post to the Staff
moxking Rest in Peace United States 17900 Posts	Posted 03/30/2018 09:39 am 85 still had hand applied mint marks, I believe. So the position of the mint mark might look several ways in several places. But your question does prove you are looking closely. Keep at it and you'll find something yummy. Report this Post to the Staff
CentHunter New Member United States 9 Posts	Posted 04/01/2018 09:00 am Thanks for the response John. Being new to this I'm not asking complete questions. I'll try and do better. As a coin collector would I not want to collect the different die varieties? I have seen this slanted D on the 1973, 1985, 1986 and a few others. Report this Post to the Staff
John1 Moderator United States 56855 Posts	Posted 04/01/2018 10:48 am Your doing great. Collect what you are interested in,as we all do. John1 Report this Post to the Staff
coop Bedrock of the Community United States 62064 Posts	Posted 04/01/2018 3:31 pm Keep in mind that the mint mark punch just didn't happen once. It had to punched several times to get desired dept. Not deep enough the it isn't as large. So it is common to see mint marks that look a bit different. But if the punch is different, then they will more different. Some years as many as three different mint mark punches: Report this Post to the Staff
coop Bedrock of the Community United States 62064 Posts	Posted 04/02/2018 3:48 pm On the example above, did anyone note that all three are RPMs? Report this Post to the Staff
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