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coop Bedrock of the Community United States 62064 Posts	Posted 11/02/2010 8:18 pm Or it could have been from a dropped punch? We just don't know what it is yet. Report this Post to the Staff
Scooby Due Pillar of the Community United States 4000 Posts	Posted 11/02/2010 8:50 pm I'm missing something. Wouldn't that imply that something with the mintmark was taking place before the date? I thought the master die had the date applied and it trickled down the line until the working dies were made and then the mintmark was added. So, how could a "D" get "under" the 9 to begin with? Report this Post to the Staff
coop Bedrock of the Community United States 62064 Posts	Posted 11/03/2010 09:16 am The mint mark punch makes are mark on the outside if the die in the field. The deeper the damage, the closer it is to the deep devices of the die which is part of the date area. The die is just a negative of a coin. Report this Post to the Staff
xshift Pillar of the Community United States 2669 Posts	Posted 11/03/2010 10:15 am Scooby, it's a depth thing.. in order to appear 'on top' of the date, the mint mark punch would have to have been hit deeper, past the depth of the already struck date. Saying it looks to be 'under' the date is sort of misleading, as the date area on the die is a void, so if that was really a mint mark punch, most of it would have struck air. Great pictures, as usual, coop Report this Post to the Staff
coppercoins Pillar of the Community United States 7629 Posts	Posted 11/03/2010 4:52 pm Just think of everything backward. Lower on the coin means shallower on the die. Report this Post to the Staff
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