Posted 12/04/2008 4:22 pm
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Another interesting report that came in for the Van Buren dollars is that some exhibit a "P" mintmark with most of the lower leg of the P missing, making the "P" look like a stubby "D," or what some might call a "Peg Leg P." A tiny portion of the leg is present but needs magnification to see. Numismatic News reader, David Kell, of Pennsylvania was the first to make note of this to me and sent images of one of them on Nov. 17. He later revealed that he found about a dozen specimens out of two rolls of the dollars obtained from his local bank.
Another interesting report that came in for the Van Buren dollars is that some exhibit a "P" mintmark with most of the lower leg of the P missing, making the "P" look like a stubby "D," or what some might call a "Peg Leg P." A tiny portion of the leg is present but needs magnification to see. Numismatic News reader, David Kell, of Pennsylvania was the first to make note of this to me and sent images of one of them on Nov. 17. He later revealed that he found about a dozen specimens out of two rolls of the dollars obtained from his local bank.
That was exactly what I was thinking when I read a "P" without the lower leg, I thought yeah that would be called a "D" mint mark but now I see what it is referring to.
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Would this be called an error?
Would this be called an error?
according to that website posted above, yes I guess it would be an error
