Question About Mint Mark Overstrikes

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jpsned Pillar of the Community United States 2200 Posts	Posted 03/13/2022 3:03 pm I've never understood how a D/S or an S/D mint mark overstrike can happen. Can someone please enlighten me? Thanks! Report this Post to the Staff

kbbpll Pillar of the Community United States 4233 Posts	Posted 03/13/2022 4:30 pm All the mint marks were added to the working dies by hand in Philadelphia. The mint worker grabbed the wrong punch, then fixed it. Report this Post to the Staff
Conder101 Bedrock of the Community United States 17884 Posts	Posted 03/14/2022 11:31 am Or in the case of the 38 D/S and 1955 D/S nickels, there were probably some unhardened S mint dies at Philadelphia at the end of the 37 & 54. Since San Francisco wasn't going to be striking Buffalo nickels in 1938 and any nickels in 1955, rather than let the dies go to waste they punched D's into them and shipped them to Denver. Report this Post to the Staff
jpsned Pillar of the Community United States 2200 Posts	Posted 03/14/2022 2:39 pm Thanks for the information! Edited by jpsned 03/14/2022 2:40 pm Report this Post to the Staff
just carl Bedrock of the Community United States 20753 Posts	Posted 03/15/2022 09:02 am Good explanations. And hear I thought those were coins moved from one place to another. Report this Post to the Staff
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