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Are all coins suppose to have a mint mark?

Pattyreed36Pattyreed36 Posts: 4 ✭
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I have several pennies year range 1897, 1918, 1919, 1920, 1926, 1936 thru 1957 and 2 dimes with no mint mark, 1908 no mint mark either. Still have large amount of pennies from the 50's to go through. Is this a common practice a mint would not mark coins?

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  • Namvet69Namvet69 Posts: 9,069 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Pattyreed36 Welcome, time to study up on why certain US coins minted at the Philadelphia mint did not bear a P mint mark. History brings collecting to life. Good luck.

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  • MarkKelleyMarkKelley Posts: 1,905 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Time to get a Redbook!

  • JBKJBK Posts: 15,802 ✭✭✭✭✭

    The P for Philadelphia is a relatively new addition.

  • Pattyreed36Pattyreed36 Posts: 4 ✭

    Thanks for all the suggestions I am researching and appreciate the leads. The more I learn the more I have questions.

  • maymay Posts: 1,590 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I think they started putting a “P” on dimes and up in the 60’s or 70’s. On pennies they only put the “P” on 2017 coins. If your coin doesn’t have a mint mark it was minted in Philadelphia.

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  • MarkKelleyMarkKelley Posts: 1,905 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Ownerofawheatiehorde said:
    I think they started putting a “P” on dimes and up in the 60’s or 70’s. On pennies they only put the “P” on 2017 coins. If your coin doesn’t have a mint mark it was minted in Philadelphia.

    Actually, the first year for that was 1980 except for the 1979 SBA dollars.

  • maymay Posts: 1,590 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @MarkKelley said:

    @Ownerofawheatiehorde said:
    I think they started putting a “P” on dimes and up in the 60’s or 70’s. On pennies they only put the “P” on 2017 coins. If your coin doesn’t have a mint mark it was minted in Philadelphia.

    Actually, the first year for that was 1980 except for the 1979 SBA dollars.

    :s

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  • Glen2022Glen2022 Posts: 946 ✭✭✭✭

    the mint also used the "P" on the wartime Jefferson Nickels

  • JWPJWP Posts: 23,461 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I laugh each time I check The Bay for prices on Henning nickels. I see all these Nickels being posted as"RARE-NO MINT MARK". DUH - Philly nickels didn't have a P min mark (except for the War Nickels &Henning) until 1968. These sellers are trying to sell a nickel worth less than a buck for Hundreds of Dollars.

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