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LMC,, Not Sure?offset Mintmark

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 Posted 12/29/2010  11:15 pm Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add rh13 to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
I have compared this 1982 D to several others and the mint mark looks far left,,also the reverse is rotated maybe 10%,,all hearts and darts welcome,,have I overlooked this 82 D all these years?

LMC,,-Not-Sure????offset-Mintmark

LMC,,-Not-Sure????offset-Mintmark

LMC,,-Not-Sure????offset-Mintmark
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 Posted 12/29/2010  11:19 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Adam_E to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
i think that mint marks before the 90's were placed by hand and its common to find some misplaced ones.
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 Posted 12/29/2010  11:34 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add rh13 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
WOW,,that goes to show after looking a 10000s I can still overlook things,,,once again,,thanks
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 Posted 12/30/2010  10:45 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Maineman750 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Have to say I've never seen one that far off and I just searched 100K cents in the last 3 months...I'd keep it
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 Posted 12/30/2010  11:31 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add ziggy9 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
prior to 1990 the mintmark was punched into the working die by hand. anywhere in the area under the date and not touching the date, bust or rim is considered normal.

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Ziggy is right...it's normal.
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So there are examples where the mint mark does touch the rim or bust?wow something else to keep a eye out for?
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 Posted 12/31/2010  02:42 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add coppercoins to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Not to my knowledge - which means nearly all the time they place the mintmark in a spot that is acceptable. When they didn't, they would destroy the die instead of hanging it on the press.

Which also goes to say that worrying about the position of the mintmark is rather futile. Near guarantee that they are all where they belong - within tolerance.
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