1973 D Penny With Tilted Mintmark?

I call these angled mintmarks. Tilted is a term used for RPMs.

But these angled ones are often found. They were hand punched into the dies.

Back when mint marks were hand-punched into the die, they often showed up angled or well off-center beneath the date. I don't know if people collect these or not.



to the CCF!

Not worth keeping, as every example that came from the same die will show the same exact thing. Mintmarks were handpunched into the dies until 1990, so mintmark locations will vary and be different everytime.

Some references state the adding of mint marks to the master dies was a transition, which began prior to 1990 and completed after 1990. Suggesting not all denominations or mints switched the process at the same time.

Also note a hand punched mint mark on some working dies prior to this can have a similar and even an exact same location and orientation.

Sum it up, the mint mark location is still one of the best PUP's, but in some cases can seem the same to the eye, even under magnification prior to the transition. Thanks, Doug.