Comments on: Where Will You Find A Mintmark On A Coin?

By: Vivienne Quek

Vivienne Quek — Wed, 21 May 2008 06:38:56 +0000

Does the absence or presence of mintmark affects the value of the coin?

By: rosalie

rosalie — Tue, 20 May 2008 14:15:04 +0000

no comment,, i have no idea hehehes

By: Les

Les — Tue, 20 May 2008 13:27:49 +0000

Your use of the nickel as an example is good, but there is more to it: the mint mark appeared on the reverse of the coin from its inception to 1964, and in 1968, when mint marks were reinstated, it was moved to the observe by the date. The exaggerated mint mark used during the WWII era were to differentiate the silver nickels from the non-silver, as the change occurred in the middle of 1942.

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» Where Will You Find A Mintmark On A Coin? — Tue, 20 May 2008 08:50:03 +0000

[...] Make Money at Home wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerpt Since a mintmark is an identifier for each coin and will tell you where your coin was minted, it stands to reason that you will find the mintmark somewhere on the coin itself. And this is where it might become slightly messy. Yes, the one thing that you can rely on is that a mintmark will be on a coin, or can you? What about when there is no mintmark? What then? There are of course as things go in this world, a few reasons for this. There is no mintmark used for that particular mint. This can [...]