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I have attached a photo of the mintmark for my coin. I sent this coin to NGC. They sent it back in their slab with a pretty good rating. However, they did not mention the mintmark. They included a small label with the following text. "This NGC coin, Certification # 8395176-001 has not be attributed by NGC for the following reason: Not a DDO, DDR, RPM, RPD, or MPD" I have four of these coins. My question: What is it? Clearly, something is under the mintmark.  |
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To CCF! Maybe a damaged mint mark punch? Errers and Varietys.
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https://www.pcgs.com/coinfacts/coin.../images/4200You can see that bump on a number of proof nickels listed by PCGS. If I had to hazard a guess, it's probably just the backing of the S mint mark punch. They are often not polished flat. Most of the time, the engraver doesn't hammer deep enough for the back of the S punch to make contact with the die face.
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It's not under the mm just inside of it. I always liked the term "die poop". I think Alan on VAMWorld may have coined it. Just something on the die, damage wear, who knows, it can come and go through a dies life. Less common of course on proofs but they still try to get all they can out of those dies too. Marked up pics to show how this is a later stage of this proof. 
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to the CCF |
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Edited by jfeed
06/27/2025 8:18 pm
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Thank you for all the warm welcomes and for your ideas about what may be causing this condition. This appears enough times that I am surprised that it hasn't been recognized and given some provenance and recognition as an error or flaw.
If I am ignorant of some of the rules regarding this, please forgive me. I am somewhat old to begin coin collecting, but I enjoy it even if I'm late to the game.
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Enjoy, Outcast3! Hope you hang around and learn with the rest of us, we are all learning.  -makecents-
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 I'll be 84 next month and learned something new just a few days ago.  I hope you enjoy your adventure as much as I have. Edited by jfeed
06/27/2025 9:19 pm
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to CCF. It could be something as simple as a die dent in the MM area. |
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I thought this was associated with a broken mint mark punch used in 68 and 69....  across all demonanations. |
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I thought this was associated with a broken mint mark punch used in 68 and 69.... across all demonanations. Greasy, that particular mm ran through 73 (MMS-005) and you may be right about the broken punch but are you thinking of the MMS-006/MMS-002 that was reinstated from the 40's, the worn out punch? LINK http://varietyvista.com/04b%20JN%20...20Styles.htm-makecents-
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Again, thanks to everyone who posted. I have ideas now to pursue. So far, this has been a very friendly group, especially compared to most of what I see on the internet. To JFEED, okay, you got me by about two years. My grandsons live overseas, so I try to do things when I see them and send them gifts for their birthdays and Christmas that give them a little bit of the US. I began sending them a US coin every Christmas, beginning with pennies from my birth year. Eventually, I ran out of coins from that year, began looking around for more, and became hooked. I look back at some of the stuff I bought when I began and wonder what I saw in them. I've been burned a few times on ebay, but I'm learning. |
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Posted 06/27/2025 5:28 pm
