Why Some Many Philadelphia Minted Coins?

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seal006 Pillar of the Community United States 1915 Posts	Posted 01/13/2010 8:14 pm Why is it that a majority of varieties and errors are Philadelphia minted. Yes, there are quite a few San Francisco minted ones. Denver mint seems to produce the fewest varieties and errors. Is there a reason for such a disparage? Are the guys at the Philadelphia mint practical jokers? What? The reason I ask is being I am located in the Central time zone, I see more Denver minted coins than the other two combined. It can be quite frustrating finding the oddities. Report this Post to the Staff

pls Rest in Peace United States 1729 Posts	Posted 01/13/2010 10:19 pm Just off the top of my head ... if you punched an adding machine a bit, you'd find that there simply were more coins minted in Philly over the history of the U. S. Mints; more coins, more errors. Also, I believe the Philadelphia mint turned out more foreign coins than the other two, and when you switch out dies between runs, "stuff" can happen. Report this Post to the Staff
biokemist6 Bedrock of the Community United States 12437 Posts	Posted 01/13/2010 10:32 pm Prior to 1995, all dies were made in Philadelphia so it is not a case of one Mint "creating" more than another. Denver does have its own die shop now though. I would speculate that the Denver and San Fran dies received more scrutiny before they were shipped to the respective mints since they would not have the capability to fix or remake a die. Also remember that one variety came out of the two branch mints that Philly would not be able to produce- repunched mintmarks Edited by biokemist6 01/13/2010 10:34 pm Report this Post to the Staff
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