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collectall Pillar of the Community Canada 610 Posts	Posted 05/27/2010 11:10 pm I have a question on P D S mint marks(All denominations of coins) Are you ready for this? I'm a Canadian and don't know a lot about U.S. coins ,even though I do collect them. Concerning the mint marks,I've noticed that it can be in different positions on a coin. What I mean is,take a 1988P dime for example. The P mint mark can be -very close to the date -far from the date -or further to the left/right of the date My question is " How does this come about? " I hope you all understand what I'm asking.If need be I will post examples(photos) tomorrow. Thanks to all who respond to this dumb question. Report this Post to the Staff

vermontensium Moderator United States 16677 Posts	Posted 05/27/2010 11:15 pm I know prior to 1990, the MM's on Lincoln Cents were applied to the die by hand therefore, they could have been anywhere. Same for the other coins I am assuming? swcoin.ecrater.com Report this Post to the Staff
Scooby Due Pillar of the Community United States 4000 Posts	Posted 05/27/2010 11:28 pm You will see them high, low, left, right, tilted, and even re-punched! Keep an eye out for those. Just for kicks go to https://www.coppercoins.com, on the left hand side of the page you will see "die variety search", click that. In the search range, use 1960. Near the bottom - click on mint mark variety and have fun! Edited by Scooby Due 05/27/2010 11:29 pm Report this Post to the Staff
collectall Pillar of the Community Canada 610 Posts	Posted 05/28/2010 1:53 pm Makes sense to me Thanks guys Report this Post to the Staff
collectall Pillar of the Community Canada 610 Posts	Posted 05/28/2010 2:24 pm ALMOST FORGOT So that means this type of variety is VERY common.Right? Thanks again. Report this Post to the Staff
biokemist6 Bedrock of the Community United States 12437 Posts	Posted 05/28/2010 3:11 pm Yes, positioning differences are so common that they are not even considered varieties. The only ones worth saving would be a mintmark actually touching another device, those are tough to find. The hand punching of mintmarks did lead to the creation of varieties though, there are doubled or even tripled mintmarks called repunched mintmarks(RPMs) caused by a mint worker tapping the punch on the die two or three times instead of once. RPMs are very collectible and some of them can be worth quite a bit but even the most common ones have some nominal value. Report this Post to the Staff
collectall Pillar of the Community Canada 610 Posts	Posted 05/28/2010 3:16 pm Thanks bio that makes it all clear now ! Report this Post to the Staff
coop Bedrock of the Community United States 62064 Posts	Posted 05/28/2010 5:03 pm Some maybe Close overlapping punching. They make some real interesting mint marks: https://www.coincommunity.com/forum...-1MM-002.jpg https://www.coincommunity.com/forum...001l_big.jpg https://www.coincommunity.com/forum..._1MM_001.jpg https://www.coincommunity.com/forum...d1mm002l.jpg https://www.coincommunity.com/forum..._1MM_001.jpg https://www.coincommunity.com/forum...d1mm003m.jpg https://www.coincommunity.com/forum...d1mm001m.jpg https://www.coincommunity.com/forum...d1mm001m.jpg https://www.coincommunity.com/forum...d1mm009m.jpg https://www.coincommunity.com/forum...d1mm001m.jpg https://www.coincommunity.com/forum..._1MM_009.jpg https://www.coincommunity.com/forum...d1mm015m.jpg https://www.coincommunity.com/forum..._049_LDS.jpg https://www.coincommunity.com/forum...d1mm005l.jpg https://www.coincommunity.com/forum...1MM-013l.jpg https://www.coincommunity.com/forum...ustrated.jpg Report this Post to the Staff
Scooby Due Pillar of the Community United States 4000 Posts	Posted 05/28/2010 6:35 pm As always, cool pics coop. Do you have any where the mm is touching another device like bio is talking about? That's the first of heard of a mm overlapping a device, that would be cool to see. Report this Post to the Staff
coop Bedrock of the Community United States 62064 Posts	Posted 05/28/2010 8:10 pm I only collect RPMs and doubled dies. But I do have a RPM that is touching the date on some coins. https://www.coincommunity.com/forum...M_002MDS.jpg https://www.coincommunity.com/forum..._RPM_3MM.jpg https://www.coincommunity.com/forum...-1MM-100.jpg Here is an angled mint mark: https://www.coincommunity.com/forum...lacement.jpg Here is a location way south of the date: https://www.coincommunity.com/forum...INT_MARK.jpg Report this Post to the Staff
Scooby Due Pillar of the Community United States 4000 Posts	Posted 05/28/2010 10:05 pm Great pics! Thanks coop! That '53-S is gorgeous! I want one! Report this Post to the Staff
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