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Valued Member
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Edited by Djrob
01/12/2020 6:58 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
646 Posts |
I can tell you for certain that there's no P there, its just a filled D mintmark, which is very common.
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Valued Member
 United States
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I took Better pic so you can clearly see the p.
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Valued Member
United States
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Send it in to a TPG. A D over P mintmark on a 1977 dime would be so rare that when you go to sell it the price would be astronomical. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I still just see a damaged/ filled D. Its literally impossible for it to be a P, because the mint didn't create any coins with P mint marks at the time and there is no way for one to have stuck the die used for this coin.
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Valued Member
United States
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I'm sorry I'm using my cell for pics until my camera gets here. But I have diamond 10x eye piece and you can clearly see it. Can you guy see it in the last pic I put up? That's the best I can do at the moment
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Valued Member
United States
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Ok so I took this one to show you there is something in fact behind the d. If your looking at the coin it's on the left side. Well I hope this helps. Thank you guys for your comments and advice
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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No, just a D. Die chip causing the D to be filled but still just a D.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Impossible (or virtually impossible) since Philadelphia dimes weren't given a P mintmark that year and just had no mintmark instead to differentiate from Denver coins.
Edited by SamCoin
01/13/2020 3:54 pm
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New Member
United States
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@djrob Philly did not put a mintmark on those early year dimes,there were no P punches made to punch the mintmark in the dies...Sorry buddy, you do have a filled in D though.... If you want more confirmation go on the Coin Q&A on Thursday nights on Paula Bluhm you tube channel.. There is a panel of pro's on there that give great advice....
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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But how common is this? (Certainly not worth sending it in to be graded/attributed) The reason that the mintmark is filled in is from a broken post that on the die, that forms the metal to have the center void on the mintmark.  This happens on all closed devices when the post breaks off the die.  If it breaks off below the fields, then there will be a raised area above the device. Hope this helps.  |
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Bedrock of the Community
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Filled D mint mark, otherwise normal dime.
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Posted 01/12/2020 6:11 pm
