1986-D dime -- unusual mint mark position

mannie gray

Not a big deal by any means but I got this in change and the odd far right placement of the D popped out at me before I even had the coin in my pocket.
Most 86-D that I have seen the D is just over the center of the 6 or slightly between the 8 and 6.
This one is far to the right.

joeykoins

It's funny you would post this! I just finished looking through a box of Roosevelts. I went back to look for a 86d. I found one and your right. Here it is.
WoW. You could be on to something. Good Luck!

joeykoins

As a matter of fact, your "D" looks like a common capital D. Mine looks as if it has a little bottom part of the D going past the vertical part of the D? mine

yours

FredWeinberg

...and two different Dies

Jimnight

Yep... two different dies makes sense.

ricko

Interesting find.... Not sure I would have spotted that in change....good eye @mannie gray. Cheers, RickO

mannie gray

Obviously they are separate dies> @ricko said:

Interesting find.... Not sure I would have spotted that in change....good eye @mannie gray. Cheers, RickO

Thanks!
Coin collecting is one area where my extreme nearsightedness is an advantage.

Jimnight

@mannie gray said
Coin collecting is one area where my extreme nearsightedness is an advantage.

I guess so.

joeykoins

Here's the Mintmark for '86d for Roosevelts. By Vista Coins. Why only one design shown when yours seems different?

mannie gray

@joeykoins said:
Here's the Mintmark for '86d for Roosevelts. By Vista Coins. Why only one design shown when yours seems different?

The mintmarks are the same design. I think it's just the lighting.

joeykoins

Oh, ok. Thanks! One thing to wonder? Which design has the lower mintage? Your's or the latter? Interesting

BuffaloIronTail

Looking for different positions on Mintmarks?

Check out 1926-S Lincolns. (I believe that's the date with all the wild positions).

Pete

DIMEMAN

@FredWeinberg said:
...and two different Dies

There would be many different dies for the 86-D. The fact that there seems to be 2 different types of the "D" is interesting.

FredWeinberg

I meant that the 'misplaced D' mintmarks
were different, so 2 diff dies with those
two diff. mm locations. I wasn't referring
to the shape of the MM, just the placement
of it, on those two dies.

The Mints use thousands of dies every year.