Why is it pds? Why not psd?

haletj

Why do we order the mintmarks pds? It makes sense to put Philly first as it is the main or mother mint, but why should Denver come before SF? SF is older? Geographical, east to west? When O and CC are involved (or C and D for gold) is there a standard ordering?

vega1

Because only Philly and Denver make coins for circulation (anymore) ?

mrfred

Philly-Denver-SanFranciso. East to West, displaying the East coast dominance in national politics?

jdsinva

I always thought it was just in alphabetical order. . .

coppercoins

<< <i>I always thought it was just in alphabetical order. . . >>



Where I come from, "P" is after "D" in the alphabet...so it should be D, P, S.

I believe, however, that the reason P always comes first is because it has always been considered the "main" mint, and all the branch mints have been listed in alphabetical order thereafter. Hence, P, CC, D, O, S when discussing many of the silver series of the 19th century.

Shamika

Alphabetical order.

By the way, I have seen coin albums that place coins in P,S,D order instead of the customary P,D,S.

MyWorldCoinTypeSet

Reverse alphabetical order based on the second letter of the city: pHiladelphia, dEnver, sAn francisco.

originalisbest

Old-fashioned albums used to have it P-S-D in relation to the "importance" of the mint... or so I've heard...

but in more recent times, it's merely been alphabetical.

topstuf

Cuz "Peedyess" rolls off the tongue easier than "Peessdie."

Julian

Cuz "Peedyess" rolls off the tongue easier than "Peessdie." <B>

I agree with TS.</B>

flaminio

For those saying it's alphabetical, please contact your Kindergarten teachers immediately. (Hint: P comes after D.)

I also feel it should be P-S-D-(W). It should be ordered by the founding of the various mints. So:

P-C-D-O-S-CC-D-M-W

But it will probably forever remain PDS, if only because that's the way the Red Book does it.

saintguru

How wonderful to have such educational threads!

D

I can't believe all of these people are saying it's alphabetical when it's not .

-Daniel

solid

Alphabetical, and a holdover from when Philly used no mintmarks, thus:

1942
1942-D
1942-S

Ken

Shamika

<< <i>For those saying it's alphabetical, please contact your Kindergarten teachers immediately. (Hint: P comes after D.) >>



Wow! You'r right.

UncleJoe

It's alphabetical because there was no MM for "P".

So it used to be (P), CC, D, O, S.

Now of course since there is actually a "P" MM the order should be: CC, D, O, P, S.

Joe.

19Lyds

<< <i>Alphabetical, and a holdover from when Philly used no mintmarks, thus:

1942
1942-D
1942-S

Ken >>



Yeah, that would be a "silent" P. Back to sleep!

I love this stuff!!!!!!

XpipedreamR

Too bad they didn't build the Denver mint in Miami...then we could have PMS

SanctionII

I think it came about as a result of the influence that has been exerted on the hobby by Japanese Anime literature and other literature/cultures where one reads a book from back to front/right hand page to left hand page/east to west (I read magazines this way, why, I do not know).

This translates to east to west on the map of the USA (not including West Point or the mints that are longer operational, i.e. Carson City, New Orleans, Dahlonega) to P(hilly), D(enver) and S(an Francisco).

Instead of PMS, move leave the mint in Denver and move the San Francisco mint to Anchorage and you would have PDA.

jdsinva

Geez, I didn't realize this would start all of this fuss but then I didn't explain myself well either. Sorry about that!