It Was The Summer Of '69! (1969-D 5c Mint Marks)

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Brandmeister Pillar of the Community United States 6451 Posts	Posted 11/08/2023 11:50 am Continuing with my budding interest in Denver mint marks, these are six nickels from my latest CRH batch. Eventually I am going to get around to that D mint mark graphic that I started. Here is what I am reasonably confident about. There are at least two mid/late-1960s mint marks in Denver. The small coin mint mark is thicker, slightly curvy, and has minor serifs. The Kennedy half D mint mark appears taller, thinner, and doesn't really have serifs, just subtle points. The images above were taken in a row with focus locked, identical zoom. Top left is what I would consider to be the Kennedy D. Top middle is what I would call a well formed example of the small coin D. Top right is that same mint mark, melted a bit by Die Deterioration. Bottom left seems to be either a freshly engraved punch, or just a light tap. Bottom middle and right appear to be what happens when someone really goes to town and hammers that punch as deeply as possible. You can see those are raised much further than the BL mark, almost level with the date numbers. Variety Vista small coin D Mint Mark Variety Vista Kennedy half D Mint Mark Report this Post to the Staff

Dearborn Moderator United States 94728 Posts	Posted 11/08/2023 6:14 pm lots of hand placed MM's. Collecting since 1972. Learning from then on "Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn." - Benjamin Franklin 7070 type set coin count: 51/76 Uncirculated American Silver Eagles My American Silver Eagle Proof Collection Sacagawea Dollars Innovation Dollars Eisenhower-Dollars Kennedy-Half Dollars Washington-Quarters Roosevelt-Dimes Buffalo-Nickels 1938-2005 Jefferson-Nickels Lincoln-Cents Report this Post to the Staff
Brandmeister Pillar of the Community United States 6451 Posts	Posted 11/08/2023 7:32 pm Definitely lots of variation in placement, angle, depth of punch. But I don't think there are any geometry gyrations that can make that tall, straight D fit the curvy wide D. My guess is that someone just picked up the wrong punch. Assuming they even regarded that as a wrong punch, since it made a perfectly shaped D and you can't visually tell the difference without a microscope. Report this Post to the Staff
Errers and Varietys Bedrock of the Community United States 73623 Posts	Posted 11/08/2023 11:28 pm It's pretty cool to see the different variations of positioning of the mint marks. Errers and Varietys. Report this Post to the Staff
jbuck Moderator United States 187582 Posts	Posted 11/09/2023 10:21 am Very interesting! 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
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