What Are Die Varieties?



 

Mintmark Styles


 

First Edition

May 2011

by James Wiles, Ph.D.

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E
ach mint has its own mintmark, but they have not been consistent through the years.  Sometimes different sizes of mintmark were used to match the different sizes of coins.  Sometimes the punch wore out and was replaced with one of a different style.  Occasionally more than one style was used during a production year or range of years.  Because not all mintmark styles were used in a given series, the styles have been cataloged based on the series rather than the styles themselves.

 

Philadelphia

Kennedy Half Philadelphia Mintmark Styles

 

Denver

Lincoln Cent Denver Mintmark Styles

Jefferson Nickel Denver Mintmark Styles

Washington Quarter Denver Mintmark Styles

 

San Francisco

San Francisco Mintmark Styles

Doubled Mintmark Punch of 1974-S

 

  

 

 

Several different styles of mintmark are known for each of the mints.  Do you have a complete mintmark style collection?
 

 

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