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Tedpug Valued Member United States 58 Posts	Posted 10/27/2019 09:19 am Good morning. I would like to know if there are different varieties for the 1958 d penny. I have 3 coins with the D mint mark in different locations. One is close to the number 9 the other centers between the 9 and the 5 and the last one is closer to the 5. Report this Post to the Staff

Greasy Fingers Pillar of the Community United States 7053 Posts	Posted 10/27/2019 11:03 am The mint marks were stamped into the working dies by hand, by mint employees. So there would be as many different locations as to how many working dies were used through out the years run to CCF Edited by Greasy Fingers 10/27/2019 11:04 am Report this Post to the Staff
Spence Moderator United States 34425 Posts	Posted 10/27/2019 11:03 am @tp, first welcome to CCF. Second, good eyes for noticing the difference. Since at this time the mintmarks were added by hand to the die, there is a pretty broad natural variation in their location. "If you climb a good tree, you get a push." -----Ghanaian proverb "The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed." -----King Adz Report this Post to the Staff
moxking Rest in Peace United States 17900 Posts	Posted 10/27/2019 11:22 am Unless the hand punch is extremely out of place, such as really far from the date, punched two or more times, on or at least touching another design element they do not demand a premium. However, when you are already tuned in to seeing something unusual you will find goodies to keep. Keep searching. We have folks report neat finds here almost every day. Report this Post to the Staff
Tedpug Valued Member United States 58 Posts	Posted 10/27/2019 1:40 pm Thanks all for your input. Highly recommend opinions. Report this Post to the Staff
coop Bedrock of the Community United States 62064 Posts	Posted 10/27/2019 2:23 pm The neat thing is for the mintmarks in different places is matching variety coins to a certain die number. (but that all stopped in 1990 when the mintmarks are part of the design of the coins. Report this Post to the Staff
jbuck Moderator United States 189053 Posts	Posted 10/28/2019 3:32 pm to the Community! Coin Collector Since 1978 Avatar Old Avatar 7070 Eisenhower Australia Canada World CCF Members on eBay CCF eBay Search Engine Report this Post to the Staff
Panther Pillar of the Community United States 751 Posts	Posted 10/30/2019 2:54 pm Strange you should choose the 1958-D LWC. I posted awhile back about the same thing. I found several variations of the mint mark. I was just curious as to how many there may have been. Below are a few photos of the variations I have in my stash. Dan Report this Post to the Staff
coop Bedrock of the Community United States 62064 Posts	Posted 10/30/2019 4:45 pm we;; every die could have a different location because of the mintmark location was punched into each die. Slight variations of locations, angles and shapes of the mintmarks can happen. (because the mintmark it punched in more than once. Making some larger, smaller and some are RPMs where the punching didn't fall on the same area as the previous mintmark punches: The RPMs are called variety coins, from the doubling on the mintmarks. These ended on 1989. On the 1990 coins, the mintmarks forward are part of the design. Report this Post to the Staff
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